This Week's Focus Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:31 'as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.' Paul, in his first epistle to the 'Church of God which is at Corinth,' makes plentiful use of citations from both Isaiah and Jeremiah. The statement above which has been selected for this week's focus passage, is to be found in the writings of the prophet Jer...

This Week's Focus Passage: Romans 16:1 'Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae.' William Hendriksen's legacy is a very popular series of commentaries on a large number of the books of the New Testament. We may read from the end flap of a jacket from one of his commentaries, that which serves as a biographical sketch: "William Hendriks...

This Week's Focus Passage: Romans 10:13 'Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' The above verse from the epistle of Paul to the church at Rome, is one of the key verses for the Arminian propagation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is not to say that it is a verse which would not be included as an important feature of the glorious Gospel of J...

This Week's Focus Passage: Numbers 20:10 'Hear now, ye rebels, shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?' This is a more than an interesting account of the repetition of 'murmuring,' by the people whom Jehovah had brought out of Egypt through the instrumentality of His servant, Moses. There were constant murmurings and complaints, even to the point of virtual ins...