Tom Irvine APOSTLE PAUL Paul, or Saul, was a Jew (Acts 21:39 & 22:3). He was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1). He was a missionary to the Gentiles (Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17-18, Romans15:16). Paul He was a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37-38). He was… Read more
Psalm 2 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and… Read more
Paul’s Speech to the Athenians at the hill Areopagus, Acts 17:28: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. _________ Paul quoted the first phase from Epimenides’ Cretica, “For… Read more
Messianic Scripture – Suffering Servant Isaiah 53 [7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.… Read more
Psalm 81 [12] So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Amos 5 [25] Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? [26] But ye have borne… Read more
Psalm 41 [9] Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalm 69 [25] Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. Psalm 109 [8] Let his… Read more
Deuteronomy 25 [4] Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 1 Corinthians 9 [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take… Read more
Isaiah 7 [14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Matthew 1 [23] Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they… Read more
Genesis 15 1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of… Read more
As a necessary disclaimer, there are times that we need to leave a relationship or situation for our physical or mental safety. Our obligation to forgive a perpetrator does not require us to remain in an abusive relationship. There are other, less extreme, cases where… Read more