Gospel of Mark Chapter 1:14-31 Antique Commentary Quotes

Catena Aurea Mar 1:14-15 Bede: John being put in prison, fitly does the Lord begin to preach: wherefore there follows, "Preaching the Gospel, &c." For when the Law ceases, the Gospel arises in its steps. Bede: Let no one, however, suppose that the putting of John in prison took place immediately after the forty days' …

Psalms Chapter 119:1-16 Sunday School Notes

These are some of my notes for Sunday, November 29, 2009 in the Lifeway Explore the Bible series. The books referenced in these notes are: 1. Psalms vol 3: Psalms 90-150, Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms, Baker Academic, 2008 by John Goldingay 2. Psalms: Revised Expositor’s Commentary by Willem Van Gemeren …

Gospel of Mark Reference Books

Because I stay a week ahead doing Sunday School Notes, I had to go ahead and order some reference books for next quarter. For those interested, my commentary sources will be: Mark: NIV Application Commentary by David Garland Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary by Ben Witherington III Gospel of Mark: New International Greek Testament …

Psalms Chapter 119:1-16 Antique Commentary Quotes

John Calvin Psa 119:1 1Blessed are they who are upright In these words the prophet sets forth the same paradox which we met with at the commencement of the Book of Psalms. All men naturally aspire after happiness, but instead of searching for it in the right path, they designedly prefer wandering up and down …

Psalms Chapter 116:1-19 Sunday School Notes

These are some of my notes for Sunday, November 22, 2009 in the Lifeway Explore the Bible series. The books referenced in these notes are: 1. Psalms vol 3: Psalms 90-150, Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms, Baker Academic, 2008 by John Goldingay 2. Psalms: Revised Expositor’s Commentary by Willem Van Gemeren …

Psalms Chapter 116:1-19 Antique Commentary Quotes

John Calvin Psa 116:1 1I have loved, because Jehovah will hear the voice of my supplication.At the very commencement of this psalm David avows that he was attracted with the sweetness of God’s goodness, to place his hope and confidence in him alone. This abrupt mode of speaking, I have loved, is the more emphatic, …

REB and ISV 2 available for e-Sword

News to me and perhaps to others: The Revised English Bible has become available for e-Sword (presumably 9.x series) for a fee. UPDATE: Also available for 8.x series, apparently. See here at e-Sword Users. Also, the International Standard Version 2.0 has been available for a while, in e-Sword 8.x format. It includes all the Protestant bible …

John Beal Music MP3s

John Beal was, before he moved on to other things, a prolific arranger of film music, usually "homages" for use in movie trailers. His two cd collection of trailer music Coming Soon is out of print now but readily available used. Recently I discovered Amazon has a collection of some of his trailer music and …

Studying the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals/Anagignoskomena

Whew! What a mouthful that title is. I got all the titles from the Wiki page on "Apocrypha", which links helpfully to "Biblical Apocrypha" and "Deuterocanonical Books". What you will get out of reading those three articles at its most basic is that one person's apocrypha, etc. is another person's holy writ. There is no …

More on Ministerial Renumeration: 1 Tim 5:18, 1 Cor 9:14, Luke 10:7, Matt 10:10

Following up further on the argument in T.C. Robinson's last post in a series on the book Pagan Christianity, here are antique commentary quotes on more relevant verses courtesy of e-Sword: 1 Tim 5:18 John Calvin 18Thou shalt not muzzle the ox This is a political precept which recommends to us equity and humanity in …