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NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson XIV) German scholar John Bengel feels that we should not leave out “grace” as one of the spiritual gifts dispensed by the Holy Spirit. Learning … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson XIII) I agree with Robert Haldane, that over the centuries there has been too much sectarian partiality between congregations and denominations. Some do not differentiate … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson XII) Verses 4-5: Each one of us has a body, but that body has many parts. These parts don’t all do the same thing. In … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson XI) When it comes to this measure of faith that Paul is speaking about, Godet believes it is the amount of faith imparted to each … Continue reading →

Renown missionary Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) was a French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life,” expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining … Continue reading →

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE – UNLESS YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN I’m used to telling other people’s stories, but here is one of my own. Several years ago I went to see my doctor for a regular annual check-up. As he looked … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson X) As Calvin sees it, there is sometimes an abnormal display of so-called Words of Wisdom, not only concerning things that are of no value … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson IX) All of this “I’m-better-than-you-are” thinking was not restricted to the Roman church. Paul had to tell the Corinthians: “After all, what makes you so … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson VIII) Charles Ellicott explains his understanding of proving what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For him it is a double … Continue reading →

NEW TESTAMENT CONTEXTUAL COMMENTARY Dr. Robert R. Seyda EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS CHAPTER TWELVE (Lesson VII) Henry Alford also sees the term “world” used here as a reference to the ungodly aspects of the carnal world as opposed to the … Continue reading →