2 Corinthians 1:3 'Father of mercies and God of all comfort.' And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us day by day our daily bread. A...

This Week's Focus Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4 'According to the Scriptures.' As far as we were able to determine, these two verses from 1 Corinthians, chapter fifteen, are the only places in the primary English translations of the Bible, where this phrase,According to the Scriptures,is to be found. Those versions include the King James, the New King James, the Amer...

Psalm 85:10 'Lovingkindness and truth have met together.' What a word is this 'lovingkindness'!!!! It is rendered from the Hebrew wordhesed.In the King James Version, it has been translatedmercy,and that is not wrong, yet it seems to miss so much of the fullness of the concept contained in the blessedness of the idea, or concept, of such a thing aslovingkindness.In my...

This Week's Focus Passage: 1 Corinthians 6:11 'And such were some of you: but ye were washed.' This is the blessed conclusion at which our apostle, Paul, arrives in his significant litany of the past lives and offences of many in the church; many who were rescued by the grace of God from the bondage they were in to these sins. Let us review the context found in verses ni...