Extract Authorship: First and Second Chronicles are one book. It is uncertain who authored Chronicles. The traditional belief of rabbinical Judaism and medieval Christianity has been that Chronicles through Nehemiah…
Extract Authorship: Amos means “burden” or “burden bearer.” Although a herdsman from Tekoa just south of Bethlehem in the southern kingdom, Amos was commissioned by the Lord to preach to…
Extract Authorship: Joel means “Jehovah is God.” Although the Scripture does not mention his ministry elsewhere, it appears from references to Judah (Joel 3:1,6) and Jerusalem (Joel 2:1,15) that he…
Extract Authorship: The author of Hebrews is never explicitly mentioned throughout the whole of Hebrews. Church history has been far from unanimous on the authorship of Hebrews. The early church…
Extract Authorship: Irenaeus in the second century AD ascribed this letter to Paul. Against this, some scholars have argued that the epistles to Titus and Timothy could not have been…
Extract Within the borders of the universe that humanity inhabits, there are two types of beings. There are those beings that are dependent on another. This category encompasses everything from…
Extract The word eternity is easily pronounced but hardly understood. This is due in part to man’s frailty of nature, as a creature bound to time. Eternity, being in conflict…
Extract In the wilderness of Judah David experiences thirst and hunger that go far beyond any physical need for drink and food. His is a thirsting of the soul, a…
Extract Since the gospel was first preached in the world, men have objected that God is unjust to require in His law what they cannot perform, because, as sinners, they…
Extract Knowledge of all things is properly attributed to God (2 Cor. 12:2-3; cf. Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Peter 1:2). The idea of foreknowledge can be used in…
