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The Hebrew word for "upright" means a person *good throughout, though not thoroughly*—one who genuinely pursues holiness, not one who merely personates religion.
When we deduct thirty years for Joshua's leadership, thirty for Samuel's judgeship, and forty for Saul's reign (Acts 13:21), we arrive at 140 to 160 years for the events of the Book of Judges.
If only we possessed unbounded wealth, we imagine, how generously we would serve mankind.
A Christian's duty, while dwelling as a citizen of this world, is to engage its concerns actively.
Consider the stars—our starry monitors—fixed in their courses by divine decree.
When the prophet reveals that Ben-hadad will recover—dashing Hazael's expectation of immediate succession—disappointment crystallizes into murderous resolve.
The wicked man must become hypocritical in proportion to his sin, for sin demands cunning concealment.
The soul is punished for informing; the body for performing.
This contradicts the hollow modern notion of "the rest of faith" as mere inaction.
Every season of life carries distinct duties and temptations.
Years before, at Paphos, Paul had departed with Barnabas and John Mark, an unknown missionary embarking upon his calling.
The annihilation of Assyrian power unfolds as a great funeral obsequy, well known among Eastern nations.
The wise man offers five devastating consequences of adultery: it impoverishes men, threatens death, debauches the conscience with guilt, ruins reputation with perpetual infamy, and exposes the adulterer to the jealous husband's rage.
The imagery is deliberate: "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well." Every person possesses independent spiritual resources.
The wealthy preserved winter ice and snow in cisterns to cool summer beverages.
Exell's Victorian exposition illuminates this distinction through precise categories.
First, as a universal community: only religion—a sense of justice and moral distinction—separates humans from beasts.
It is well to have Isaiahs in society, for Hezekiahs could never keep it together.
Exell observed that no priesthood merits acceptance if entered without notice, preparation, or deliberate thought.
Instead, this apostle, who had seen Christ Himself on the Damascus road, gathered three companions: Timothy, Silas, and Luke.
When NASA's Perseverance rover explores the surface of Mars, every command from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory takes up to twenty-two minutes to arrive. The rover...
Transgression may appear productive of happiness, yet the wicked possess no reasonable expectation of contentment—neither now nor in the eternal world.
Yet some members deliberately fracture this sanctuary through ill-nature, impulsiveness, falsehood, and selfishness.
When Paul recounts his visit to Jerusalem in Galatians 1:19, he distinguishes James from the other apostles, yet acknowledges his singular influence.