Category: Bible Book Studies

In my last Bible Study post, Kallah (the bride in the Song of Solomon) has just invited her husband (Solomon) to enjoy their sexual intimacy with her. Chapter 3 picks up now with a scene in which Kallah finds herself in bed alone and feeling a bit insecure or lonely The Song SHE 1 On [...]

Unfortunately, I've let myself get so busy with other things that I haven't written anything here lately. If you missed the last installment on my study of the Song of Solomon, you can view it here. The Song After the opening scenes with Kallah sitting apart from Solomon during a social gathering, musing a bit [...]

In the previous study, we were introduced to Kallah through her musings at the banquet table. We also saw how the author uses the "others" to introduce new topics or allow the characters further explanation and dialogue. Now, after Kallah has been reflecting on her own desires for her husband and her somewhat insecurity with [...]

If you did not read my introduction to this Bible Study, please consider doing that first. Verse one, as stated last time, identifies this book as "The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's." Verse two, then, sets up the format of the rest of the book. It is a series of thoughts or statements or [...]

I'm going to begin a series of Bible Study blogs on the Song of Solomon. This book of the Bible is unique in several ways, but I'll get to that in a moment. Here's the first verse, rendered from a number of different English translations, which is the singular topic for today's blog post. The [...]

When I set out writing the posts for this bible study of Hebrews (back in January) I did not intend to take quite this long. It has been longer between posts than I had planned, but it couldn't be helped. Perhaps my next study will be a little more efficient! I have contended throughout this [...]

I've already commented briefly on the opening verses of this chapter in a previous blog post. In Chapter 11 (as you'll recall from the last Hebrews Study post), the author laid out a list of Old Testament examples of faith which endured through to the end of the life of the individual, but nevertheless the [...]