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The Longest Psalm, a Deep Comfort

Posted on April 24, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

If you turn to the very middle of the canonical Bible, you’ll find yourself in Psalm 119, which is not only the longest psalm but also the longest chapter in the entire Bible. Furthermore, it is not just long in its length, but it is also deep in its content. We do not know for […]

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Why Do We Need a Written Revelation from God?

Posted on April 23, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

There are a number of ways in which God could have chosen to reveal Himself to humanity. These include: God could have personally revealed Himself to everyone; He could have had His Word passed on by oral communication, or He could have had His Word committed to writing. A Personal Revelation Is Not Practical God […]

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On Comments and Online Discourse

Posted on April 20, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

We want this blog to be a pleasurable and God-glorifying web destination for our readers. Since the blog launched early last year, we have seen, by God’s grace, a large increase in readers. Praise God! For these reasons, we have made a few edits to our blog commenting policy. It is our prayer that this […]

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A Brief History of Salvation in the World

Posted on April 19, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. (Galatians 3:23) Here we have a very condensed history of the world before the gospel was fully revealed by the coming of our Lord Jesus. The history of each Christian—each saved soul—is a miniature likeness of […]

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Biblical Hebrew Applied: Psalm 23 (Part 3)

Posted on April 18, 2012 Posted by Justin Alfred

Psalm 23:3: “He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” Two things that we immediately see in this verse is God’s sovereignty and His incredible grace and mercy toward us, His children. He restores continually The word for “He restores” in Hebrew is יְשֹׁובֵב (yĕšôbēb), and it […]

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Why Is the Bible Divided into Chapters and Verses?

Posted on April 17, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

When the books of the Bible were originally written there were no such things as chapters or verses. Each book was written without any breaks from the beginning to the end. They Have Been Divided For Convenience The chapter and verse divisions were added to the Bible for the sake of convenience. There is no […]

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Scripture for Memorizing Scripture

Posted on April 16, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Shortly after God saved me, I was encouraged to join a Bible study at the church I attended. The leader of this Bible study was a thorough student of God’s word. A former drug addict and thief, God saved him as He read a Bible for the first time. This led to any immediate passion […]

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Spurgeon: The How, What, and Why of Preaching the Gospel

Posted on April 13, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost” (1 Timothy 1:15) Paul had just described his ordination in 1 Timothy 1:12. He then went on to speak of the grace manifested in the call of such a person […]

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How to Know God

Posted on April 12, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

There is nothing in the world that is worth knowing more than God Himself and His mercy toward sinners. The following is taken from the Blue Letter Bible website. Did you know that God has offered forgiveness for your sins and assurance of eternal life through faith in His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ? […]

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Biblical Hebrew Applied: Psalm 23 (part 2)

Posted on April 11, 2012 Posted by Justin Alfred

Psalm 23:2: “He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.” He makes me lie down… continually One of the fascinating things about the Hebrew language is the explicit meaning of its verbs in picturing for us God’s sovereign care and intervention in our lives, and here is one of […]

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