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Some suppose we must love our neighbour with the same *selfish* affection we naturally direct toward ourselves, yet such self-love is sinful and cannot be our model.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom.—Piety a peculiar ornament to the aged. I. Who may properly be called old people? Old and young are relative terms admitting different significations. Children always think their parents are old. Those who...
William Hayley, M.A., observed that true and substantial happiness depends necessarily upon morality and religion.
This is no superficial cleanliness but a composition free from wrong admixture.
On a quiet evening, I found myself reflecting on a story that carries deep significance. A friend of mine, who had been struggling with self-control in her eating habits, decided to host a dinner for her small group. As she...
Elohim ordained that man should labour—not as punishment, but as partnership with the Divine Husbandman in cultivating the field of life.
When a wild, offensive tree grows in a garden and the gardener cuts its top, if it sends forth sprouts as bad as before, he digs up the root itself.
Exell's Victorian commentary examines this through the lens of labour justice, tracing how Elohim transformed Adam's punishment into humanity's greatest dignity.
Joseph Exell's Victorian commentary illuminates a profound spiritual reality: the human mind possesses a moral obtuseness toward divine obligation that no natural intellect can overcome.
Surrounded in open field by six hundred Philistine desperadoes bent on plunder and death—not cornered at Thermopylae where numbers meant nothing—he wielded only an oxgoad against overwhelming odds.
Paul's instruction that women wear a covering "because of the angels" (1 Corinthians 11:10) reveals his characteristic method: he never rests in mere rules, but anchors conduct in *arche* (first principles) applicable across all circumstances.
His visible success tempts observers: he accumulates wealth, rises to honor, and achieves power through cruelty.
The prophet diagnoses a spiritual pathology rooted in poor leadership.
The path suggests constant change, continuous progress in one direction, and an ultimate destination.
Naomi's question to Ruth—"Where hast thou gleaned to-day?"—invites us into three vital truths about our stewardship before Yahweh. First, the *sphere* of life's opportunities. Labour is the law of life itself. The Lord has "set before thee an open door"...
This rule is no external constraint imposed upon the believer; rather, it emerges from the new creature itself, the regenerate inner man transformed by the Spirit (2 Corinthians 5:17).
The godly person cannot ethically pursue only individual welfare while the church of God languishes.
When Elohim commands, "Prepare war, wake up the mighty men," He invites evil to marshal its complete arsenal, knowing this concentration only ensures its more thorough destruction.
The Apostle Paul warns against a dangerous illusion: the believer who imagines himself beyond the reach of temptation.
As we gather in the warmth of this sacred space, let us pause to reflect on the joy that flows from a life anchored in Christ. Jesus declared, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (*John 14:6*). This...
First, by way of excellency: wisdom itself surpasses the fairest woman in the world in beauty and worth.
The Israelites faced temptation: the fruit of fields, the fascination of byways, the sparkling water of wells.
We must distinguish between the purpose for which property is sought and the moral purpose answered by the process itself.
This unfamiliar intruder had sought prominence in Jerusalem by hewing himself a grand sepulcher—a monument to his own ambition.