Why do we love to read the Psalms? One reason has to be the emotional connection we make with these inspired poems and hymns. They have a way of slipping past our mental defenses and pretensions to touch the raw nerves of our true feelings. They describe our thoughts and emotions with amazing precision. Then…
Read MoreIn Psalm 141:5, David called upon God to use a righteous man to rebuke and discipline him. He asked that wise people would help restrain his lips (v 3), heart (v. 4), and actions (v 4). He declared that he would treat these words offered to him in rebuke as the anointing of oil on…
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1. He forgives our transgression (Ps. 32:1,5). David sought and received God’s forgiveness. The Hebrew word for forgiven literally means “lifted off.” The image was portrayed in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. Bunyan’s protagonist, Christian, was weighed down by the burden of his sin. When he came to the cross, the sin burden fell from his…
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Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. —1 Corinthians 10:27 (KJV) From 2008 until 2013, millions of TV viewers followed the dark story of lead character Walter White in the critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad. As a struggling high school chemistry teacher, White descended quickly into the murderous world of…
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Can there be any doubt about the main point of Psalm 136? Even a cursory glance at the psalm reveals its theme: God’s faithful love endures forever. Twenty-six times, once in every verse of the psalm, the refrain is repeated: His faithful love endures forever. … His faithful love endures forever. … His faithful love…
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