What is a cross-reference? Why should we learn them? How can we use cross-references in our study of the Bible? Charles Spurgeon once said, “Scripture is the best interpreter of Scripture. The locks of Scripture are only to be opened with the keys of Scripture…”...
In Psalm 119:160, the psalmist writes this meditation about God’s word: “The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever”. This verse gives us a beautiful foundation for understanding the divinity of Scripture. The...
The picture of a flourishing plant is used multiple times throughout Scripture as an illustration of what it means for God’s people to thrive. The book of Psalms opens with this imagery—Psalm 1:3 says that the righteous “shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of...
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of...
Rough hands snatched a book off the desk with a shout, “You can’t have that!” The crinkle of the brown paper bag as the Bible was shoved inside, the clink of the wedding and engagement bands carelessly tossed, the clang of a closing cell door marked with the words...
As birds chirped in the surrounding trees, a sharply dressed gentleman entered Hyde Park in London on his way home from Parliament. As he strolled through, he cheerfully began, “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.” By the time he...
“Tell me the story of Jesus,” she must have asked her grandmother, sitting on her lap as a young child. Sightless eyes looking into the distance, she would imagine the Bible stories as she listened. “Tell me the most precious story!” And though she could not see it...
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