Recent Commentaries

In this passage we find that heaven was not simply a destination for Paul; it was also a motivation. He was anxiously waiting for the day when he would fully participate in the abundant life promised in heaven. He used a tent or earthly house as a picture of our present earthly bodies (v. 1). A tent …

Paul deals with a doctrinal error concerning the last days that had crept into the Thessalonian church. Apparently someone had deceived the believers into thinking they were already living in the day of the Lord (vv. 1-2). He appealed to them to calm down on the basis of th …

This Chapter has to do with the God’s Judgments against the Philistines, a nation very closely associated with Egypt. Do you remember Bible stories about how the Philistines were always coming up against Israel? Goliath, whom David slew, was one of the Philistine warriors. …

To understand the geography of this political situation you must remember that Assyria was north of Syria, which was north of Israel, which was north of Judah, with Jerusalem as its capital. During the reign of the pagan King Ahaz of Judah the Northern Kingdom (Syria and Ep …

In this chapter Paul shifts to another problem within the Corinthian church. The same failure of dealing with the immoral brother was also found in cases of lawsuits between church members. It is evident that Paul is disturbed and can hardly believe that members of the Corinthian church are …

The next day the men went out into the fields, and Abimelech was told about the planned rebellion. He took his men and divided them into three companies and laid in wait in the field. He looked and beheld the people coming out of the city. He rose up and smote them (vv. 42-52). In an act of …

We often see how God, in His sovereign wisdom, uses the trials of life to prepare us for greater and sometimes different spheres of usefulness (II Cor. 1:4). In this chapter, we see David facing an unexpected crisis. When he and his men returned to Ziklag, they found that their f …

In addition to repairing the walls, the builders repaired the gates. The porters, singers and Levites were given the responsibility of opening and closing them. Nehemiah, knowing that his enemies were still around, ordered these security measures. All the work on the wall would h …

Zophar is the last man to speak in this round. I suppose today we would say that Zophar has the scientific mind. He thinks you pour life into the test tube and it will always come out a certain way. Ignoring Job’s plea for pity, Zophar merely reacts against what he considers…

The arrival of his colleagues (Silas and Timothy) from Macedonia (v. 5) did a number of things for Paul. (1) It relieved him of anxiety he had been feeling for his Thessalonian converts. (2) He received a gift of money at this time from his friends at Philippi (2 Cor. 11:8) …