by Justin Marple | Apr 6, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
Song of Songs 3:1-4:7 is not necessarily the best division of the text because Song of Songs 4:1-7 fits better with the text that follows than that which precedes it. But in any case, the three songs here move from one that climaxes in sex, one about a wedding day,...
by Justin Marple | Apr 6, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 19:1-16a shows us the messiness of politics that led to the death of Jesus. Pilate liked to think that he was in control of this area where he was governor, but he did not have the luxury of pretending he was not under authority. In human terms, he served at...
by Justin Marple | Mar 31, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
One of the themes of the Song of Songs, which is seen in both halves of chapter 2, is warnings regarding love. Sometimes those warnings have to do with obstacles to the blossoming relationship, but even more often those warnings have to do with not hurrying love...
by Justin Marple | Mar 30, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
For more and more people in our culture today the hero of John 18:28-40 is Pilate because he asks, “What is truth?” This is not actually the right question. The right question is, “Who is truth?” And the answer is Jesus Christ — He had...
by Justin Marple | Mar 23, 2014 | OT Writings Commentary, Song of Songs Commentary, TEACHING, The Five Scrolls
I have already noted that the grammatical construction with the singular of the plural indicates the superlative – Song of Songs = the best song. It is also worth noting as we begin to look at the book that it may also be an intentional clue to the genre of the book...
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