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Praising in Prison - Acts 16:25 – 16:40 (commentary)

Still hurting from the beating, and locked in wooden stocks, you would not think the prisoners would be too joyful. However, at midnight the jailer and the other prisoners were startled to hear Paul and Silas singing and praising God. God responded by shaking the prison with an earthquake ...

An Obvious Change Takes Place - I Thessalonians 1:9 – 1:10 (commentary)

Paul makes three statements describing the change that took place in these new Thessalonian Christians:They turned their back on idolatry (v. 9). Keep in mind that many of the initial converts were Jews but the church soon included large numbers of Gen tiles. Many of the …

Prayer Changes Things - Habakkuk 3:1 – 3:19 (commentary)

Habakkuk chapter 3 reveals what happens when we stop complaining and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us through prayer. The truth is prayer always changes us, not God. Having had his eyes turned to God (Hab. 2:20), the prophet now responds with a prayer. It is the mount …

Judgement Will be Hot For The Wicked - Malachi 3:1 – 3:6 (commentary)

Malachi’s message up to this point has been bleak indeed. The Jews have spurned the love of God. But the hour of reckoning is about to come (v. 1). At the Messiah’s appearing God will intervene in a never to be forgotten fashion in Jewish history. Wrong will ultimately be aveng …

Josiah’s Reformation - II Kings 22:1 – 22:20 (commentary)

Josiah was a lad of only eight when his father Amon died and he was crowned king to rule over Judah for 3l years (v. 1). He shares with Hezekiah and Asa the distinction of being one of Judah’s greatest kings (v. 2). The first seventeen years of his reign are left without comme …