Background Considerations Since aging and death await us all, what is the point in believing in an Eternal God? As the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes is nearing the end of his book he...
Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle
April 30, 2011
Background Considerations Do you feel confused by some puzzling statements about life from the Book of Ecclesiastes? Are you tempted to be inactive because life sometimes does not make sense? Ecclesiastes 11 teaches that neither...
Background Considerations What do people mean when they say that one rotten apple ruins the whole barrel? Since ancient times, people have come to realize the power of influence. The author of Ecclesiastes states that...
Background Considerations Why are we so sensitive to acts of injustice? Deep within us there is a voice that tells us when something is not just or right. The author of Ecclesiastes, once more, talks...
Background Considerations Have you heard people when commenting about events around them say: “It’s all about power.” Jesus once said: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high...
Background Considerations If you were given choice between money, on the one hand, or wisdom, on the other, which one would you take? Proverbs 4:7 says: “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost...
Background Considerations How should we view death: As an evil or as a blessing? In our culture today there are different views on what happens to us when we die. Most often people talk of...
Background Considerations How are we to relate to painful experiences we sometimes have to go through? Can they teach us some profound dimensions of life? American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote: “Ecclesiastes is the greatest single...
Background Considerations Have you ever lived in a culture in which people explain all life’s coincidences by saying: “It was written (that it should happen that way).” Among the neighboring nations of ancient Israel, there...
Background Considerations Human lives are filled with complexities and apparent contradictions. Certain biblical passages talk straight about life’s toughest issues. The author of Ecclesiastes asks his readers: “Isn’t life meaningless since in the end we...
Background Considerations What happens when we overvalue our accomplishments in wisdom, wealth or pleasure? The author of Ecclesiastes was very successful in life and he claims to have tasted pretty much everything that life has...
Background Considerations Does life have a meaning? I have known some people who would never dare to ask this question. Some of those people are very religious. Yet, there are parts of the Bible that...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Jesus Mingled with People
July 30, 2016
The Priority of the Promise
July 29, 2017
The Curse Causeless
October 29, 2016
Jesus in the Writings of Peter
May 13, 2017
The Character of Job
December 17, 2016
The Church Militant
March 12, 2016
The Cosmic Controversy
March 31, 2018
Josiah’s Reforms
November 14, 2015
Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter
June 17, 2017
Symbolic Acts
October 31, 2015
Lessons from Jeremiah
December 19, 2015
“All Future Generations”
April 10, 2021
Covenant Primer
April 3, 2021
What Happened
March 27, 2021
General Introduction
March 27, 2021
Rebirth of Planet Earth
March 20, 2021
Desire of Nations
March 13, 2021
Waging Love
March 6, 2021
Doing the Unthinkable
February 27, 2021
To Serve and to Save
February 20, 2021
Comfort My People
February 13, 2021
Defeat of the Assyrians
February 6, 2021
Playing God
January 30, 2021
Noble Prince of Peace
January 23, 2021
Loving Our Enemies
August 28, 2004
Sabbath Healings and Hard Hearts
April 9, 2005
Living the New Life
November 19, 2005
Appendix B
June 24, 2006
The Catalog of Times
January 20, 2007
David and Bathsheba: Adultery and After
September 1, 2007
The Reality of His Humanity
April 12, 2008
Metaphors of Salvation
November 22, 2008
Jesus and the Johannine Letters
June 27, 2009
The Fruit of the Spirit Is Faithfulness
February 13, 2010
Appendix A: Commentary on the ninth command
September 25, 2010
Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle
April 30, 2011
The Gospel and the Church
December 17, 2011