When we speak of redemptive historical themes, we’re calling to mind the idea that one way of interpreting the biblical text is to remember that God wants to tell us the story of the Son. That throughout history, when God has revealed Himself through His Word, His intention has been to bring light to the […]
Passion Week: Tuesday
In recognition of Passion Week, we will post the Scriptural narrative from Christ’s triumphal entry on Palm Sunday to His death and resurrection, all throughout the week. For a full list of Scriptures, or for more Passion Week resources, visit our website.
Passion Week: Palm Sunday, Monday
In recognition of Passion Week, we will post the Scriptural narrative from Christ’s triumphal entry on Palm Sunday to His death and resurrection, all throughout the week. For a full list of Scriptures, or for more Passion Week resources, visit our website. Palm Sunday Christ enters Jerusalem (Luke 19:28-44).
How can you get the most out of BLB?
How can you get the most out of BLB? The first step is to make it your own with the login option! When you create an account, it unlocks hundreds of custom features. You’ll be able to save Bible study preferences, manage subscriptions, and enjoy many other Bible-reading options. Watch these 1-3 minute video tutorials […]
Christ and the Key of David (F.E. Marsh)
The following is adapted from the notes of F.E. Marsh, available at Blue Letter Bible. “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.” (Revelation 3:7) […]
Be Spent for the Gospel
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 With these words the great Apostle Paul gives his last instructions to his beloved disciple Timothy. Paul had experienced an immense amount of persecution (2 Corinthians 11:23-27). In 2 Timothy 4:7, Paul summarizes his life as […]
Spurgeon: “I Shall See the King in His Beauty”
“Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious…” 1 Peter 2:7 Saints show how precious Christ is to them, in that He is their heaven. Have you never heard them, when dying, talk about their joy in the prospect of being with Christ? They have not so much rejoiced because they were escaping the woes of this […]
Matthew Henry: “Your life is a vapor”
For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. (James 4:14) God has wisely left us in the dark concerning future events, and even concerning the duration of life itself. We know not what shall be on the morrow. We may know what we intend […]
Preparing Your Teens for College
My new book Preparing Your Teens for College is the overflow of my personal experience, both as a kid who once went to college and, more significantly, as a college professor who for the past eight years has worked every day with the “end products” of your labors as parents—the students who leave home and […]
Chinese Christians Shed Joyful Tears as They Receive Bibles for the First Time
We love videos like these. Watch what happens in this 30 year-old video, as a group of Chinese Christians receive their Bibles for the first time. What joy!