Bible studies, personal reflections, media reviews, and more: "How forcible are right words!" (Job 6:25a)
Zulu (1964). Recounts the heroic stand of a small British contingent against a horde of Zulu warriors at Rorke’s Drift in 1879. This was Michael Cain’s first major role, I…
Col. 1:9-12; 4:12 It’s one thing to know the will of God, and Paul and Timothy (“we” of 1:9; cf. 1:1), were praying for the Colossian believers along these lines.…
Mist: Gen. 2:6 Dew: Deut. 32:2, Job 38:28 Small rain: Deut. 32:2, Job 36:27 Great rain: Job 37:6 Showers: Job 37:6, Zech. 10:1 Vapour(s): Job 36:33, Ps. 135:7, Jer. 10:13…
If I had to pick the 10 bleakest chapters in scripture, I would tentatively choose the following: Gen. 6. Universal depravity of the antediluvian world: fallen angels, giants, men, and…
Whereas Deut. 5:6-21 is a restatement of the “ten commandments” (Deut. 4:13, 10:4), Deut. 27:14-26 might be considered the decalogue rephrased, since all but two commandments are found in the…
Prov. 24.17-18. “Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD seeth it, and it displease him, and he turn…
From A.E. Knoch’s His Grandest Glories: Studies in Colossians. Col. 1:9, for this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and…
The most basic division of scripture (2 Tim. 2:15) is that between (a) the kingdom program revealed to the prophets concerning the earth (Acts 3:21); and (b) the mystery program…
Even if Baal-zebub (2 Kings 1:3, Mt. 12:27) does signify “lord of the flies,” the true Lord of the flies is the Lord God Almighty. He is the Creator of…
Below are more films I’ve enjoyed recently, listed chronologically by year of release. Please see my disclaimer re: content under Movie Batch #1.
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