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Returned (1994) (epistrepho from epí = motion toward + strepho = twist, turn quite around or reverse) means to revert, to turn about, to turn around, to turn toward, to return and figuratively to convert. The idea is a definite turn to God in conduct as well as in one's mind. Study the 39 uses below... Read More

Returned (1994) (epistrepho from epí = motion toward + strepho = twist, turn quite around or reverse) means to revert, to turn about, to turn around, to turn toward, to return and figuratively to convert. The idea is a definite turn to God in conduct as well as in one's mind. Study the 39 uses below... Read More

(Compare Matthew 9:1, 18, 19, 23–26; Luke 8:40–42, 49–56) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Our Lord Sought by the Sorrowful, vv. 21–23 What brought Jairus to our Lord? Does that often bring men to Him? Had Jairus been previously well disposed toward Him? How did he manifest his earnestness and the thorough... Read More

DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. A Broken-Hearted Mourner, vv. 11, 12 Where does this lesson represent our Lord as going? For what purpose? Were there no other sorrowing hearts that day? Why did He go to this poor woman alone? What two processions met that day? What made this case a peculiarly touching one... Read More

"Which is easier to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your pallet and walk'?" (Mark 2:9) Introduction As far as we can best determine, the earliest writings in what is now the New Testament are Paul's Letters. The first of them precede the Gospel of Mark by pe... Read More

Luke 8 begins with an account of Jesus expanding His outreach as He traveled from "one city and village to another, proclaiming the kingdom of God" (8:1). Today, at the beginning of chapter nine, we read of His sending out the twelve (9:1). They could obviously reach more villages than He could by H... Read More

Grace be with you, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Glad to be in the presence of all of you again, beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord. Let's pray: Oh God in heaven, we thank you, we love you and we praise you. For being our God and Father, we thank you, Lord, and that w... Read More

PREFATORY. BY "the three Marys" it is not meant that there are not other Marys in the New Testament, only that the three selected -- Mary the mother of our Lord, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene -- occupy a specially prominent place. It must indeed be apparent to every reader of the Scriptures th... Read More

520. The first and primary means of grace is the Word of God. Lutheran and Reformed agree with each other here. Nevertheless, the latter do not discuss the Word of God under the heading of the means of grace, since in their dogmatics they have usually treated it by this time in a separate chapter [r... Read More

It is a well known fact that some Christians seem to experience a much closer intimacy with God than others. They appear to enjoy a reverent familiarity with Him that is foreign to many of us. Is it a matter of favoritism on the part of God? Or do such people qualify in some way for that desirable i... Read More