Maskils are instructive psalms that teach through worship. From confession to history and lament, they form wise hearts by joining truth to song and guiding God’s people in every season.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Here, you’ll find an archive of posts that address the broad exploration of foundational Christian beliefs drawn from both the Old and New Testaments.
Maskils are instructive psalms that teach through worship. From confession to history and lament, they form wise hearts by joining truth to song and guiding God’s people in every season.
Imprecatory psalms hand the gavel to God. They name evil plainly, seek protection for the weak, and keep love and justice together in prayer shaped by the cross and anchored in the coming kingdom.
Behemoth and Leviathan are set before Job not as curiosities but as teachers. Their untamable strength humbles pride and calls sufferers to trust the Lord who owns everything under heaven, giving light for the next step and hope beyond the storm.
Ezra 10 is a hard mercy. In cold rain, the community turns confession into action, pursuing an ordered remedy that guards worship and points hearts back to God. The chapter teaches modern readers to pair sorrow with obedience and to honor the Lord in the most intimate bonds of life.
Shechem’s valley gathers Scripture’s memory into one saddle between Ebal and Gerizim. From Abraham’s altar to Jesus at Jacob’s well, it is where grace, warning, and hope meet.
Paul’s “drink offering” image draws on Israel’s libation and Roman custom to describe a life gladly expended for the church’s faith. In Philippians 2:12–18, his poured-out joy crowns the congregation’s obedience as worship to God.
Under a sky of uncountable stars, God pledged Himself to Abram, crediting faith as righteousness and promising people and land. Genesis 15 reveals a God who is both our shield and our reward—and the guarantor of a future that only He can fulfill.
The Old Testament’s many names for God are revelation in shorthand—Elohim, YHWH, El Shaddai, and more—each disclosed in moments that advance God’s promises. Read how the names shape prayer, ethics, and hope, and consult the included book-by-book reference index.
The Bible’s “hate” language doesn’t contradict John 3:16. Sometimes it marks covenant choosing; sometimes it names God’s righteous opposition to evil. Both are fulfilled at the cross, where love and justice meet and the worst of sinners finds a real welcome.
In Acts 24, “the Way” stands in a courtroom and shines through worship of Israel’s God, a clear conscience, resurrection hope, and honest public witness. Paul’s defense shows a path rooted in Scripture and centered on Jesus that practices mercy and endures delay with hope.
The Areopagus was both a hill and an influential council in Athens. In Acts 17 Paul used that forum to proclaim the Creator, call for repentance, and announce Jesus’ resurrection as God’s public proof.
Predestination in Romans 9 shows God’s freedom to show mercy and his faithfulness to promise. The result is humility, assurance, and courage for mission.
Genesis 3:19 frames life east of Eden: hard work, certain death, and our return to dust. The gospel does not deny that sentence; it answers it in the risen Christ, who will raise the dust in glory.
Hebrews exalts Christ’s priestly work and calls weary believers to endure. Weigh the authorship proposals and see why Scripture leaves the writer unnamed.
The Armor of God is not costume language. It is Christ’s own provision—truth, righteousness, readiness, faith, salvation, and the word—for believers who face real spiritual opposition and want to stand firm in love and clarity.