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They forget tomorrow's headaches; they forget that fingers may write their doom upon those very walls.
Exell applied to Victorian London with urgent clarity.
Heathen moralists offered counsel but omitted humility; the word itself, before Christianity, signified baseness and shame.
First, consider what the good man loses by gaining the world's approval.
Consider the steadfastness of nature itself, dependent utterly upon God's ordinances *mishpatim*—His decrees and established laws.
Fishermen employed two primary methods: individual hook-and-line work with scoop-nets, and the larger *diktuon* (drag-net) operation requiring two boats working in coordinated precision.
Love flows from three sources: the love of the Father as its hidden root, the love of Christ as its first manifestation, and the love of believers for each other as its full outpouring.
His evasion reveals six patterns that persist in modern hearts: First, he assumed the matter held no claims upon him: "Take ye Him." Second, he substituted favorable opinion for decision: "I find in Him no fault." Third, he claimed powerlessness:...
Four categories of obedience sustain our *meno* (abiding) in His love.
Consider the ivy clinging to wall and tree: it extends innumerable tendrils, each seeking adhesion, each striving to become one with its support.
The Hebrew rendering cuts deeper than arbitrary punishment: "He that despiseth the Word shall bring ruin on himself." This reveals a foundational law of Biblical revelation—that destruction is not merely God's external penalty imposed from above, but rather self-ruin, a...
Eight ancient stone steps descend to waters that supplied Jerusalem's citizens for millennia.
That was merely freedom from Egyptian bondage; this is spiritual salvation—deliverance from sin, from wrath, from everlasting destruction, and the possession of eternal life itself.
Spurgeon discerned in this verse a sermon for every loiterer and procrastinator in God's kingdom.
Exell's Victorian instruction distinguishes three journals worthy of consideration.
The guilt of forsaking God rests upon a fundamental truth: man is bound by the law of his nature to obey the Almighty Being who made him an intelligent and immortal creature.
She had rhapsodized, calling for her beloved's return—yet when he came at an inconvenient hour, she could not rise from her bed to meet him.
The kiss signifies multiple progressive meanings in Scripture.
Elena has been a member of our church for many years, known for her quiet strength and unwavering faith. Recently, she faced a trial that would test both her spirit and her commitment to God’s goodness. Her husband, David, suffered...
The narrative refuses naturalistic explanation; it is supernatural or nothing.
A godly person cannot maintain spiritual vitality while dwelling among those who mock the ways of Adonai.
Jeremiah Burroughs captures the urgency of this petition with piercing clarity.
There is a time for the divine decree to be issued against a nation; a time when, though Noah, Job, and Daniel should stand before Him, yet He will not be entreated; though they cry early, cry aloud, cry with...
The negative evidence alone proves instructive: Scripture provides no conclusive signs of imminent finale, though many have misapplied prophecy throughout history.