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Authorship: When considering the authorship of Ezra, it is necessary to examine the unity between Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. Ezra and Nehemiah cover an overlapping time frame, and Ezra, Nehemiah,…

Extract Part of the great inheritance that the church has received from Israel is the conviction that there is one—and only one—God. In numerous places and in various ways, the…

Extract Authorship: The Gospel According to Matthew does not explicitly credit the apostle Matthew with authorship. Some have questioned the long-standing tradition that Matthew is the author of this gospel…

Extract Authorship and Date: See the Introduction to the Pentateuch. Theme: God’s sovereignty over man and all creation and events, and His faithfulness to His covenant despite man’s corruption and…

Extract Looking death in the face, Joseph rallies in Genesis 50 for one final act of faith. He recalls God’s promise to Abram (Gen. 15:13,14) and assures his brothers that…

Extract No event has cast a darker shadow over human life throughout the centuries than the fall of our first parents from their state of original righteousness, life, and communion…

Extract Whether it is in the beauty, power, or complexity of creation, a taste of God’s wonder is engraved on all things as an unmistakable testament of His incomprehensible glory.…

Extract The Hebrew Bible consists of three parts: the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings, often referred to as the Tanakh, a word formed by the first letters of the…

Extract Faith is the resting of the heart on God, the Author of life and eternal salvation, so that we may be saved from all evil through Him and may…

Extract To read the Bible experientially simply means to read it with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. That is how the Bible is intended to be read.…