PlumbLine Class starting Thursday August 4th "This third part of the Pauline Studies Series is perhaps the most important one, as it will deal with the way in which Pauline theology is meant to impact the life of and in the church. Paul's emphasis on both the unity and the edification of the local congregation will appear from his epistles to be the most important concern...

This Week's Focus Passage: Luke 13:3 'I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner, perish.' Jesus began His preaching of the gospel, immediately after His encounter with Satan, as the latter on this occasion insinuated his many temptations toward the recently baptized Savior. His preaching began, according to each of the synoptic gospels, with...

This Week's Focus Passage: Psalm 150: Hallelujah. 'Hallelujah, praise ye Jehovah!' Beginning with the 146thPsalm, and continuing through the final psalm, Psalm 150; these five psalms constitute what are known as the "Hallelujah Choruses" of the book of Psalms. Not one among these five psalms possesses a superscription. However, these specific Psalms each begin with "P...

This Week's Focus Passage: 2 Chronicles 24:20 'And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada.' The "Oxford Universal Dictionary,' originally published in 1933, provides us with the following definition of 'pericope,' when it states that a pericope is: "A short passage, section, or paragraph in a writing; esp. (Eccl.)a portion of Scripture appointed for...

This Week's Focus Passage: Luke 10:1 'and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place.' The context out of which the above citation is to be found, is Luke 10:1-3, where we read;Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come. And he sai...

This Week's Focus Passage: Luke 8:26-36 'And he gave them leave. And the demons came out of the man.' We may read in our copies of God's Word, this passage found in Luke's gospel, and verses 8:26-36. This particular narrative is found in all three of those gospels which have been denominated, the Synoptic Gospels. ["the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to...