Monthly Archives: April 2018

A FASCINATING STORY WITHIN A STORY Imagine a long, long time ago, a very wealthy and powerful man was looking for a wife. He had his eye on the granddaughter of a very close friend of his. As he watched … Continue reading →

Preparatory Insights Into Our Study of Romans, Chapter Eleven I am a firm believer in the principles of Bible study as taught by Dr. Charles A. Briggs (1841-1913), an American theologian.1 He believed that for us to really understand almost … Continue reading →

  TO ALL MY PRECIOUS READERS You are all exceptional people. Despite all the distractions that demand your attention each day, you still stop and take time to study your Bible. I’m sure our heavenly Father looks down and smiles … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TEN The Apostle Paul had been writing earlier about the love he had for his fellow Jews even though they kept focused on keeping the … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXXI) Adam Clarke sees Paul proving, by answering the objection raised in verse 16, that the unfaithfulness of the Jews was caused by their own … Continue reading →

In the 1957 Broadway show, “The Music Man,” the character named Professor Harold Hill said to a librarian named Marian Paroo: “You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays.” How many of us … Continue reading →

DO YOU KNOW HOW THE APOSTLES DIED? Let this serve as a reminder that Christianity did not survive in the early years after Christ’s ascension because of it’s political power, nor did the Apostles strut around in pomp and glitter. … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXX) Charles Hodge believes that Paul is quoting the passage from Isaiah out of the Septuagint version where the sense is accurately expressed.1 A literal … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXVIX) Professor F. F. Bruce catches a play on words in the phrase that Paul uses from Hosea to make his point of why God … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXVIII) One Jewish scholar gives us his view of how this subject of the message going out to all the world applied to the Jews. … Continue reading →