The following is adapted from Living by God’s Sufficiency course, a free theology course taught by Pastor Bob Hoekstra available at the Blue Letter Bible Institute. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God (2 Corinthians 3:5) A prayer about our dependence on […]

Scripture tells us that Christians are to be filled… 1. …with the Spirit. “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). 2. …with comfort. “I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort…” (2 Corinthians 7:4). […]

We have released the latest update for the Blue Letter Bible app (universally designed for iPod, iPhone, iPad). We are excited to tell you about this version’s significant updates. Because user experience and product quality are high on our ministry priority list, the new changes include both improved functions and added features. Whats new in […]

Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.”  As God enabled David to write this verse, it was not out of sitting in an academic circle of other men who were discussing […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]