Category Archives: Bible

TAKING REFUGEPsalms 6–12 “O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save and deliver me from all who pursue me” (Ps. 7:1). When we sense our weakness, we hurry to take refuge in a majestic God who acts on behalf of those who love Him. OverviewDavid, deeply aware of his weaknesses, took refuge inContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

Psalms INTRODUCTIONPsalms is a collection of 150 religious poems which enrich the spiritual life of God’s people. The Psalms touch on every human experience and on every aspect of the believer’s personal relationship with God. In powerful images they guide us today to worship, to praise, to trust, and to hope in the Lord.Hebrew poetryContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

Song of Songs INTRODUCTIONThis book, taken by some as an allegory of the believer’s relationship with God, is better understood in its plain sense as a lyric love poem. Its joyful and sometimes erotic portrayal of the relationship between a lover and his beloved reminds us that intimacy within marriage is a gift, given byContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

ALIVE AGAINLuke 24 “Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter His glory?” (Luke 24:26) We share today the glory into which the resurrected Christ has entered. BackgroundResurrection. The Gospels report several incidents where Jesus brought the dead back to life. This was not resurrection, but resuscitation. In resuscitation biological lifeContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

THE FINAL HOURSLuke 22–23 “With loud shouts they insistently demanded that He be crucified, and their shouts prevailed” (Luke 23:23). Carefully Luke, like each of the evangelists, traced Jesus’ final hours from betrayal to burial. OverviewJudas agreed to betray Jesus for money (22:1–6). At the Last Supper Jesus spoke of a New Covenant in HisContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”