Context Summary Exodus 2:1–10 describes the birth and early life of Moses. His mother defies the order to kill Hebrew boys and hides her son....

(Read Exodus 1:8-14) The land of Egypt became to Israel a house of bondage. The place where we have been happy, may soon become the place...

(Read Esther 8:1-2) What Haman would have done mischief with, Esther will do good with. All the trust the king had reposed in Haman, he now...

We are prone to shrink from services that are attended with peril or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demand it,...

Esther 3:6 (Read Esther 3:1-6) Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. The religion of a Jew forbade him to give honours to any mortal man which savoured...

Esther 3:5 (Read Esther 3:1-6) Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. The religion of a Jew forbade him to give honours to any mortal man which savoured...

(Read Esther 2:1-20) We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of...

Context Summary John 14:1–14 continues Jesus’ discourse with the disciples at the last supper. He has recently mentioned a traitor in their midst and predicted...

(Read 1 Chronicles 16:7-36) Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to him may be led to adore...

Context Summary John 14:15–31 contains a prediction about the Holy Spirit. Jesus refers to this as the Spirit of Truth, and promises that the Spirit...