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Tow—the coarse, broken refuse of flax or hemp—becomes the metaphor for those whom sin has hollowed from within.
Thus recovered, it draws with power once more.
The river appears broad and deep enough for navigation—possessing all the physical requirements for commerce and transport.
Maclaren observes that while the young king commanded Judah to 'seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law,' he could not actually make them obey.
Exell reminds us that our differences—intellectual, artistic, moral—are not occasions for despair or pride, but invitations to humility.
Men surrender individual conviction and dissolve into the multitude's current, seeking power through collective action.
Paul's in Rome stands Monte Testaccio, an artificial mound nearly one-third of a mile in circumference and one hundred fifty feet high.
Exell's Victorian analysis unfolds the nature of Messiah's government in three essential movements.
In August 1936, Jesse Owens stood on the verge of elimination at the Berlin Olympics. The African American sprinter from Alabama had fouled twice in...
The essentials of a righteous man's character remain constant across all ages.
In 1863, Emperor Napoleon III asked Louis Pasteur to investigate why French wines were spoiling during transport — a crisis costing the nation millions of...
This detail reveals that Elohim directs every dispensation of suffering with absolute governance.
On the evening of July 31, 1834, thousands of enslaved men, women, and children gathered in churches and chapels across the British Caribbean. In Jamaica,...
On September 3, 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from a summer holiday to his cluttered laboratory on the second floor of St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington,...
"Then shall ye return," the prophet declares, speaking of a conversion to full recognition of neglected duty and past transgressions.
The way of genuine beneficence unfolds in three movements: first, we give bountifully, not grudgingly.
On the evening of December 31, 1862, thousands of Black Americans gathered in churches, contraband camps, and meeting halls across the nation, waiting for midnight....
When Christ spoke these words to His disciples, the primary reference addressed the apostles themselves.
Psalm 38:5 speaks of wounds that stink and are corrupt because of our foolishness. What folly marks the sinner's path? Consider the cascading stupidity of sin's progression. First, *dallying* with sin—toying with temptation as though it were harmless sport. The...
The Divine response cut through panic: "Wherefore criest thou unto Me?
On January 31, 1865, the United States House of Representatives voted on the Thirteenth Amendment for the second time. The measure had failed the previous...
During seasons of great scarcity, poor farmers parted with every precious measure of seed—like taking bread from their children's mouths.
Transgression may appear productive of happiness, yet the wicked possess no reasonable expectation of contentment—neither now nor in the eternal world.
The Wise Teacher presents three critical warnings about approaching places of moral danger.