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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 →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXVII) Let us remember, that when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Day of Pentecost, most of the 3000 who were converted were … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXVI) Reformer John Calvin makes one more point that I think is important. Real faith is not speculation or grand wishing, it is grounded on … Continue reading →

Dr. Paul Tillich, a German-born theologian and philosopher, whose controversial discussions of God and faith in an attempt to connect traditional Christianity with modern culture once wrote: “The first duty of love is to listen.”1 Sometimes we forget that the … Continue reading →

GOD KNEW HER BEFORE SHE WAS BORN I happen to see a video on YouTube about a CNN report showcasing the story of a very gifted 12-year-old artist named Akiane Kramarik. There have been several young gifted artists in the … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TEN (Lesson XXV) Paul was so happy at the Thessalonians’ response to his teaching. When he wrote them he said: “We will never stop thanking God for … Continue reading →