My Thanks For Your Support How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me. Not that I was ever in need, for I have …
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Bible Gem 2014 – Paul’s Final Greetings (Including Nero’s Wife?)
Final Greetings Give my greetings to each of God’s holy people—all who belong to Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings. And all the rest of God’s people send you greetings, too, especially those in Caesar’s household. May the grace …
Bible Gem 2015 – Something to Ponder: The Last Line of the Letter (Phil 4:23)
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Phil 4:21-23 Ian, what can be left to be said about this verse that you haven’t already said? Why single out this verse for comment? Just shut the door and turn out the …
Bible Gem 2016 – Paul’s Hidden Secret in Philippians (Phil 3:16)
We have spent eleven months on Paul’s letter to the Philippians and I have written 118 Bible Gems on what Paul wrote. It is for sure that I have written more words about Paul’s letter than what Paul wrote in his letter. I remember Jeffrey …
Bible Gem 2017 – Review: The Sparkling Gems in the First Chapter (Phil 1:1-30)
I know a number of you have been working your way back through Paul’s Letter to the Philippians in retrospect. I commend you for doing that because it will cement a number of things in your mind and in your memory for the future. I …
Bible Gem 2018 – Review: The Sparkling Gems in the Second Chapter (Phil 2:1-30)
In our review we come now to the Second Chapter of Paul’s letter to the Philippians on which I wrote 37 Bible Gems (1920 to 1957). As we ought to do with each new chapter, we spent some time looking at the relationship between the …
Bible Gem 2019 – Review: The Sparkling Gems in the Third Chapter (Phil 3:1-21)
I have spent this last week reviewing Chapter Three of Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. I, myself, have been blessed beyond measure in taking the time to read through what Paul wrote a number of times again and then read the Gems I wrote to …
Bible Gem 2020 – Review: The Sparkling Gems in the Fourth Chapter (Phil 4:1-23)
As with other chapters in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, the last chapter contains some precious verses with depth to them. But as we worked our way through the chapters verse by verse and attempted to piece together Paul’s thought process, the beginning of Chapter …
Bible Gem 2021 – Beginning Hebrews: Do You Notice What’s Missing?
Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created …
Bible Gem 2022 – Who was the Author of Hebrews?
Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created …