by Justin Marple | May 10, 2013 | Former Prophets, Kings Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
We are almost ready to begin with 2 Kings. Nothing demonstrates how this should be understood as the Book of Kings instead of two books (1 Kings and 2 Kings) better than the arbitrary place where the one ends and the next begins. The discussion that...
by Justin Marple | May 8, 2013 | Former Prophets, Kings Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
We have noted that there is a pattern to the discussion of each king in the book. This pattern is especially pronounced when looking at the Kings of Israel in 1 Kings 15-16.It begins with the name of the king and the timing in relationship to the kings of...
by Justin Marple | May 6, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Psalms Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
Before beginning a series on the Book of Psalms I thought it would be appropriate to discuss what makes poetry “poetry.” There is poetry throughout the Bible and what you find here will be helpful in other areas of the Scriptures too (including the parts...
by Justin Marple | May 5, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 12:1-30 concerns Spiritual gifts. Not everyone is an apostle or a prophet or a teacher or a healer, etc. Each of the lists of Spiritual gifts in the passage are different because they are not exhaustive — there are many more. In fact, most of those...
by Justin Marple | May 1, 2013 | General Teachings, TEACHING
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is in the process of voting on whether to replace the current translation of the Heidelberg Catechism in our Book of Confessions with a new translation. Thus it is appropriate for the church to review the importance of the Heidelberg...
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