Penulis: Derek Kidner

Genesis – the Bible’s account of human origins and the harbinger of human destiny – is a book teeming with critical questions. Who wrote it? When? Does the account of creation square with modern …

‘The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all that …

Proverbs – a book full of wisdom, and yet a book demanding all one’s wisdom to understand. Derek Kidner has not only provided a running commentary on the whole of Proverbs, but has also included two …

"The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all …

Preaching’s …

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." In the Wisdom literature of the Bible we first hear the cool voice of a teacher calling us to think–to think hard and humbly. "How …

The Open Your Bible Commentary was written to encourage daily Bible study. Each reading is short, but don’t let the brevity fool you! The content is rich with careful explanation, devotional warmth, …

The Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) tells the story of the creation of the world and the history the Jewish people — from their slavery in Egypt, to their escape, to …

What is life about? In the end, does it all amount to a wisp of vapor, a puff of wind, a mere breath-nothing you can get your hands on-the nearest thing to zero? So says the Preacher in the book of …

‘Vanity of vanities’, says the Preacher, ‘Vanity of vanities! All is vanity’. Is that what life is? A wisp of vapour, a puff of wind, a mere breath – nothing you can get your hands on – the nearest …

‘Go and marry a prostitute.’ These are the first words God spoke to his prophet Hosea. Why would he ask this of one of his special spokesmen? Because he wanted to teach Hosea, the nation of Israel, a …

What is life all about? In the end, is it no more than a wisp of vapor, a puff of wind, a mere breath? So says the Preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes. But is this the whole message of …

"The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all …

Why would God ask one of his prophets to marry a prostitute? Because he wanted to teach Hosea, the nation of Israel, and all of us today a lesson we will not forget, a lesson that is painful yet …