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When I Look at the Heavens – Psalm 8
Thomas Manton, 17th century English Puritan clergyman best known for his skilled expository preaching, “points us to the great advantages for our faith in pondering God’s creation: David’s
Continue reading...Messianic Psalms
TYPES OF MESSIANIC PSALMS Most psalms are not Messianic in the sense that there is a direct reference or prediction to Messiah in them. Rather, they are an indirect prediction in that the immediate reference
Continue reading...Judge Me – Psalm 7:1-13
Celebrity Bill Cosby, convicted for rape and imprisoned in 2018, was released from prison on June 30, 2021, due to a technicality, something that created great consternation for the many women he was accused
Continue reading...God’s Answer to Our Enemies – Psalm 6
Here is another lament psalm (with a hint of confession of sin), but with a twist. David has poured out his soul to Yahweh concerning the oppression from his enemies, asking God to deliver him, but he
Continue reading...Covered with Favor – Psalm 5
Here is another lament psalm, one that does not end with a declaration of praise for God’s deliverance from his enemies, but which anticipates His deliverance. How does it apply to you? Do you
Continue reading...Dwell in Safety – Psalm 4
Lament is a characteristic of some psalms, this one included. To lament is to express grief or sorrow and is often inclusive of a complaint about the hard condition one is facing. In the psalms the
Continue reading...Unyielding Trust – Psalm 3
This is the first psalm in our psalter to contain a title. This one tells us it is a psalm either written by or about David, likely the former, and it gives us a historical note about the situation it
Continue reading...Kiss God’s Son – Psalm 2
Does Yahweh laugh? Yes, but not always because something is funny. In Psalm 2 He laughs derisively at those who think they can win a battle against His anointed one, His king. This psalm was likely
Continue reading...True Blessedness – Psalm 1
Psalm 1 is a wisdom psalm, a psalm designed to instruct in the fear of Yahweh. The psalm is structured as a contrast between the righteous and the wicked, the two kinds of people in the world. The
Continue reading...The Integrity of a True Leader – 1 Corinthians 16:5-24
Abraham Lincoln defeated William Seward and Salmon Chase for the Republican nomination for President, and when he won the national election for President he invited Seward and Chase to be part of his cabinet,
Continue reading...Christian Offerings – 1 Corinthians 16:1-4
Acquiring money is a powerful motivator for stealing, and churches that don’t take great care to make stealing less easy have paid the price: A church treasurer embezzled $850,000 by distributing
Continue reading...The End of Death, the End of Sin – 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Esau, as the first born of his father and mother, Isaac and Rebekah, born ever so slightly before Jacob, did not deserve or qualify for his inheritance. When he was hungry and Jacob offered to give him
Continue reading...Resurrection Glory – 1 Corinthians 15:29-49
One of the most important premises of Christianity, and Judaism for that matter, is that humans are body/spirit creatures. Unlike angels, who are all spirit, humans are a combination of earth and wind,
Continue reading...Resurrection and Kingdom – 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
Rupert Murdoch is handing over the reins of Fox to his sons, Georgia Seipel handed over the reins of Sonoma Drag Racing to her son Kyle, Saddam Hussein was supposedly going to hand over the reins of Iraq
Continue reading...Essential Resurrection – 1 Corinthians 15:12-19
I think he’s missed the boat. At RedeemingGod.com Jeremy Myers responds to the 1980 find of an ossuary find (a bone box in which the remains of deceased family members were reinterred after burial)
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