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1. The Unity of Isaiah
(OT Prophets Commentary/Isaiah Commentary)

... can find those sermons on this site.  Therefore, even though the approach of these commentaries is different than my sermons I have not yet written more extensively on the book.   Remember the ...

2. The End of Israel and Judah (2 Kings 17-end)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?”  Death notice. The Hezekiah cycle ends, “and Manasseh his ...

3. Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind (1 Cor 12:31-13:13)
(sermons/2013 Sermons)

A favorite passage of many mothers and a common passage choice for weddings, 1 Cor 12:31-13:13 is actually written for a much broader concern.  This hymn to love is written in the context of a discussion ...

4. Elijah to Elisha (2 Kings 1:1-8:6)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... concluding formula is the next verse: “Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?” Elijah and Elisha The Jehoram who ...

5. The Kings of Israel & Elijah the Prophet
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... the acts of ____ and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?”  And sometimes there is additional information like, “And there was war between ___ ...

6. The Style of Biblical Poetry
(OT Writings Commentary/Psalms Commentary)

... The poetry written in Greek in the New Testament follows the same conventions.  There is no reason that we cannot do the same in English. Conventions are widely used and accepted devices or techniques.  ...

7. The Disputations of Malachi
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... is the name of the prophet who wrote this letter, it is possible that the letter is written by an anonymous messenger of YHWH.  It is fitting that the name appears in the text of Malachi, “Behold, ...

8. Jeroboam and Judah (1 Kings 12-14)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.  And the time that Jeroboam reigned was 22 years.  And he slept with his fathers, ...

9. The Unity of Zechariah (with analysis of chapters 7-14)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... the hinge of the book is Zechariah 6:9-15. Such a design rules out the possibility that Zechariah 9-14 was written by a second author.  But that is secondary to the primary concern that seeing the ...

10. How Long Is Your Hair? Does God Care? (1 Cor 11:2-16)
(sermons/2013 Sermons)

... partly because of the assumptions that people bring to the text but also because it was written to people in a different culture.  The tendency then is to dismiss it as culturally bound and not saying ...

11. An Introduction to Kings and the Death of David
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... show yourself a man, and keep the charge of YHWH your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Torah of Moses, that you ...

12. How to Read Zechariah (especially Zechariah 1-6)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... written by a second Zechariah.  Every commentary I can find divides the text into these portions though some commentaries would consider some of the smaller portions to be part of larger sections. ...

13. Kings as the Climax of the Former Prophets
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... of Kings by the design of God.   All of the former prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings) were written anonymously.  Samuel was written as one book.  It was divided into two in the ...

14. The Bible Miniseries: Episode Five
(teaching/general teachings)

... in tradition) is how they recount the ends of the lives of each of the apostles.  Yet this allows them a transition to telling the story of Revelation written down by the apostle John. All in all ...

15. Innocent Blood by John Ensor
(reading report/Reformed Reading Report)

... through abortion is a matter of the highest gospel priorities in modern America.  It is written to Christians to encourage us to have the courage and resolve to prevent the shedding of innocent blood.  ...

16. Haggai and the Davidic Covenant Renewal
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... ruled.  Within the first year of his reign he became firmly established as the emperor.  Thus the fact that Haggai and Zechariah are written in the second year of Darius tells us that the empire ...

17. Zephaniah and The Twelve
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... prophets of God we have examined.  It is one final message in The Twelve, written by a descendant of good King Hezekiah and set during the reign of good King Josiah before the elite were taken off ...

18. The Bible Miniseries: Episode Three
(teaching/general teachings)

... years after Nebuchadnezzar's death.  But we do see that the miniseries understands the prophecy in Isaiah about Cyrus, naming his name, as written by Isaiah the prophet unlike many modern interpreters.  ...

19. Habakkuk: Prophet & Psalmist
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... am raising up the Chaldeans” (Habakkuk 1:6).  This suggests that the prophet is writing in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.  Most likely it was written around 640-615 B.C.  This ...

20. Another Oracle Concerning Nineveh: Nahum
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... would not relent forever. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria and the book of Nahum was written at a time when the northern kingdom was under Assyrian control and the southern kingdom of Judah was in an ...