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Throne of Justice – Psalm 9
This is a psalm of praise for deliverance from enemies, with a request for continued deliverances from enemies who never cease to afflict. Perhaps you have seen God deliver you from your enemies. Maybe
Continue reading...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...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...Selfless Leadership – Proverbs 31:3-9
In a May 2019 USAToday.com article on sexual assault in the military it was reported that there was an increase of assaults of 38% from 2016 to 2018. And not surprisingly, alcohol was in involved in
Continue reading...Learning From God’s Creation – Proverbs 30:24-28
Ligonier Ministries describes the rock badger for us: Rock badgers are small creatures about the size of a hare. They live among the rocks surrounding the Dead Sea and in other rocky locales in Palestine
Continue reading...Mystery and No Mystery – Proverbs 30:18-20
In 1862, Lewis Douglass wrote his future wife, Amelia Loguen: “Men and women talk of love, can anyone describe it? Can anyone give the reason why one person loves another to the exclusion of everyone
Continue reading...Futility of Life – Proverbs 30:15b-16
As of November 24, 2020, over 9,279 fires have burned 4,359,517 acres (1,764,234 ha), more than 4% of the state’s roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded
Continue reading...Kinds of Sinners – Proverbs 30:11-14
So a punk rocker, a Pharisee, a politician, and Genghis Kahn walked into bar… There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. There are those who are clean in their own eyes
Continue reading...Model Moderation – Proverbs 30:7-9
Principle #10 of the Sixteen Principles of Societal Human Values, by Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo, is zé nor la tsö dzin pa. The Tibetan words here literally mean “measuring out”, or “calculating”
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