Archive for the ‘Song of Solomon’ Category

October 20  Song of Solomon 4:8-16 (ESV) 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart [1] from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards. 9 You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my [...]

Song of Solomon 4:7     You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. In today’s reading, Solomon summarizes his impression of his bride by declaring that there is no flaw in her. Is love  blind?  Perhaps when we look through the eyes of love, we gain such a perspective.   If we look at this passage from a spiritual [...]

October 19  Song of Solomon 4:1-7 (ESV) Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty He 4:1 Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have [...]

A quote regarding Song of Solomon 3, our passage for today: They often ask where to draw the line for sexual activity outside of marriage.  What they are asking is how close they can to sin while still being without sin.  But there is already sin in their heart because they are seeking to get [...]

October 18  Song of Solomon 3 (ESV) The Bride’s Dream 3:1 On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not. 2 I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought [...]

Here is another clip from “Peasant Princess”, a sermon series fromPastor Mark Driscoll on the Song of Solomon…this time on love languages …if you have time, listen to or watch the full sermon.

October 17  Song of Solomon 2 (ESV) 2:1 I am a rose [1] of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. He 2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. She 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I [...]

Pastor Mark Driscoll preached a sermon series through the book of Song of Solomon, and here is a clip from his first message “Let His Kiss Me.”  In an introduction, he details  the sexual sin that saturates our culture. Sex can be viewed as either a god, as gross, or as a gift. The Bible teaches [...]

October 16  Song of Solomon 1 (ESV) 1:1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. The Bride Confesses Her Love She [1] 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; 3 your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. 4 Draw me after [...]

Ray Stedman comments on Song of Solomon 8:9 God has ordained that the delights reflected here be a part of the experience of man and woman in marriage. To ignore this is to cheapen these delights and to make sex as commonplace as cutting one’s fingernails. That which, with due restraint, is intended to be [...]