Category Archives: Bible Study

Reading the Bible with Personal Application

Posted on August 23, 2014 by The Editor

I Peter 2:2,3        As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): Strong desires and affections to the Word … Continue reading →

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Orderly, Systematic & Profitable Bible Reading

Posted on June 27, 2014 by The Editor

Deuteronomy 32:46; Acts 8:30        Set your heart unto all the words which I testify among you this day.        Understandest thou what thou readest? WILLIAM JAY (1769-1853): Set your heart to read all these words. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): Our … Continue reading →

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The Historical Books of the Old Testament

Posted on May 19, 2014 by The Editor

Psalm 102:18        This shall be written for the generation to come. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): There are many foolish people who say that there is no point in a Christian reading the Old Testament. “Ah,” they say, “we have finished … Continue reading →

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The Roots of Error & Heresy

Posted on May 14, 2014 by The Editor

Matthew 22:29; 2 Peter 3:16         Ye do err not knowing the scriptures.        In which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their … Continue reading →

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The Harmonious Details of the Old & New Testaments

Posted on April 11, 2014 by The Editor

Hebrews 12:5,6        And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he … Continue reading →

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Allegories & Types Part 3: The Danger Zone Beyond Wise Limits

Posted on July 23, 2013 by The Editor

2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Peter 3:16        Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.        In which are some things hard to be understood, which they that … Continue reading →

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Allegories & Types Part 2: What are the Limits of Their Use?

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Editor

Matthew 12:39,41        An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly: so … Continue reading →

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Allegories & Types Part 1: The Debate Over Their Legitimacy

Posted on July 17, 2013 by The Editor

Hebrews 9:1-5        Verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary. … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual Realities of Scripture Allegories & Types

Posted on April 19, 2013 by The Editor

Hebrews 10:1; Galatians 4:22-24        For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things.       For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other … Continue reading →

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Reading Commentaries

Posted on September 7, 2012 by The Editor

Acts 8:30, 31        Understandeth what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man guide me? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): I commend to you the judicious reading of commentaries! These are called “dead men’s brains” by certain … Continue reading →

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