Random Bible Verse Commentary entries
This piece, “Truth Revealed to Babes,” was originally published as a CGG Weekly essay on August 16, 2013. “At that time Jesus answered and said, ‘I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to …
“. . . Who led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, that they might not stumble?” —Isaiah 63:13 The passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea was a watershed moment (pun intended) in the history of Israel, and the Bible, especially the Old Testament, frequently …
“. . . that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever.” —Joshua 4:24 The Israelites’ crossing of the Jordan is overshadowed by the previous generation’s crossing of the Red Sea. The …
“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of the LORD your God, as He has said to you.” —I Chronicles 22:11 David is getting old, and his years of staying one step ahead of Saul, his innumerable battles and campaigns against foes …
“Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: ‘Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself . . .’” —Acts 24:10 The apostle Paul found himself in the custody of …
“Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.” —Proverbs 28:6 Throughout his writings, Solomon had a penchant for using proverbial comparisons of the “better is” or “better than” variety (see, for instance, Proverbs 8:11; 12:9; 15:16-17; 16:32; 27:5; Ecclesiastes 7:1-3, 5; …
This essay first saw the light of day on October 29, 2009, as a CGG Weekly essay, “Can the True Church Be Found?” “. . . on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” —Matthew 16:18 Perhaps the most famous …
This RBV Comment was excerpted from a CGG Weekly essay, “Where Is Your Heart?” published on December 31, 2010. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” —Luke 12:34 Where are our hearts? An individual or a family may budget its resources for necessities: food, energy, rent …
