Reformation Heritage

Extract Authorship: Nahum’s name means “comfort” or “consolation,” a shortened form of Nehemiah, which means “the comfort (or consolation) of Jehovah.” Little is known about Nahum apart from his powerful…

Extract Scripture commands us, “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except…

Extract Authorship: The text of this epistle does not bear the author’s name, nor greetings common to the epistles, yet it is evidently the work of the apostle John. He…

Extract Authorship, Date, Theme, Purpose, Synopsis: See the Introduction to 1 and 2 Chronicles Outline: For the complete outline, see the Introduction to 1 and 2 Chronicles. Kingdom Promised (1…

Extract Authorship: The author of this epistle is Simon Peter, the disciple and apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many scholars have expressed either difficulty with or flat out rejection…

Extract Authorship: The author of this epistle was Simon Peter (1:1), the well-known and loved disciple of Christ, of whom we read in the Gospels and in the Acts of…

Extract Authorship: Micah’s name means, “Who is like Jehovah?” Coming from the fertile lowlands of Judah, Micah had a strong sense of ethical purity and justice that cried against the…

Extract Authorship: Jonah, meaning “dove,” was a prophet from Israel, the northern kingdom, but his written prophecy is biographical and concerns his ministry to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Date:…

Extract Authorship: Obadiah, “the servant of the Lord,” is a common name in the Old Testament. Although the exact identity of the prophet is hard to determine, there are indications…

Extract Authorship: The author of the book of James simply identifies himself as, “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (1:1). While there are upwards of…