Sermons and Biblical Studies

Isa 1:17: Learning to do Well Learn to do well.'97Isa_1:17. How is man to be distinguished from the lower animals? Man has been called a laughing animal. But do not the apes also laugh, says Carlyle, or attempt to do it? Nor is Carlyle content with the Frenchman's definition that man is the cooking animal. … Continue reading “161. ISA 1:17: LEARNING TO DO WELL”

Isa 1:3: The Unnatural Children The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.'97Isa_1:3. The first chapter of Isaiah has been called by Ewald the great arraignment. It contains four leading ideas. They are the ideas, says Skinner, which run through the whole … Continue reading “160. ISA 1:3: THE UNNATURAL CHILDREN”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Son 8:6-7: In Praise of Love Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can the floods drown … Continue reading “158. SON 8:6-7: IN PRAISE OF LOVE”

Son 2:11-13: Spring-Time For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom, They … Continue reading “157. SON 2:11-13: SPRING-TIME”

Son 1:7: Separated Lovers Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?'97Son_1:7 1. The popular poetry of Israel would be a blank had there not been … Continue reading “156. SON 1:7: SEPARATED LOVERS”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Ecc 12:13: The Whole Duty of Man This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.'97Ecc_12:13 1. Of what '93matter'94 is this the conclusion? Ecclesiastes, in the writing of this little book, had a practical object in view. He … Continue reading “154. ECC 12:13: THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN”

Ecc 12:1: Timely Remembrance: Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.'97Ecc_12:1. All the books, both of the New Testament and of the Old, may be said to have been written in … Continue reading “153. ECC 12:1: TIMELY REMEMBRANCE:”

Ecc 11:9: After that the Judgment Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement.'97Ecc_11:9 The … Continue reading “152. ECC 11:9: AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT”