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Dan Biser

Canticles 2:11

"For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;" The command in the last verse is from our Lord for us 'to rise and come away.' What has happened? Why now? What's going on? Everything has changed. The command is issued in verse 10; the description of what once was is found in this verse; in... Read More
Desert Fathers

The Philokalia Volume 4B

Desert FathersOn Spiritual Knowledge, Love and the Perfection of Living: One Hundred Texts 126:5) If you search out the Lord and patiently wait for Him until the firstlings of His righteousness grow in you, you will reap a rich crop of divine knowledge. The light of wisdom will illuminate you and you will become ... Read More
Richard E. Bieber

THE CLEANSING OF THE BODY

READ Jeremiah 8-9 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the house of the daughter of my people not been restored. Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slaying of the daughter of my people. “….That I might... Read More
Principles For The Gathering Of Believers

76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures

Principles For The Gathering Of BelieversThere is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Abhor (948) bdelusso

Abhor (948) (bdelusso from bdéo = stink or reek) is a verb which means literally to emit a foul odor or to render foul and figuratively means to strongly detest something on the basis that it is abominable (as used in Rev 21:8) (abominable = quite disagreeable, worthy of disgust, whatever is odious ... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Scribes (1122) grammateus

Scribes (1122) (grammateus from grápho = write) literally is a writer (town clerk - Acts 19:35) and was the word used to describe a clerk, a scribe, especially a public scribe, a secretary, a recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states. See multiple dictionary articles on Scrib... Read More
Greek Word Studies

Town clerk (1122) grammateus

Scribes (1122) (grammateus from grápho = write) literally is a writer (town clerk - Acts 19:35) and was the word used to describe a clerk, a scribe, especially a public scribe, a secretary, a recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states. See multiple dictionary articles on Scrib... Read More
R.A. Torrey

Our Lord Exposes the Traditions of the Scribes and Pharisees Mark 7:1–23

R.A. Torrey(Compare Matthew 15:1–20) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. The Word of God and the Traditions of Men Contrasted, vv. 1–13 Who were gathered together unto our Lord? How far did they come? For what purpose? Did they display their hostility to Him on any other occasion? (2:6; 3:6, 22; 8:11; Luke 5:17–22; 11:5... Read More
Bible Verses On

Bible Verses On Corruption

2 Peter 2:19 - While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. Galatians 6:8 - For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spiri... Read More
H.J. Vine

The Prophet Jeremiah

H.J. Vine“The Exaltation of the Lord” “Whatever things were written aforetime were written for our learning” (Rom. 15:4). The rich treasures of the Book of Jeremiah are just as much ours as are those of the other Scriptures of Truth. For our instruction God our Father has preserved this precious book of mora... Read More

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