Over the past few years, there has been a significant movement within the greater culture. This movement involves women stepping forward who have been sexually abused and who have either never spoken up about it or had their voices silenced. This tragic reality is not contained to secular culture but is a problem within evangelical … Continue reading Psalms and Sexual Abuse
Psalms and Worship
Using Psalms for worship has been a practice of the church since the beginning. Listen to these words, In what accents I addressed you, my God, when I read the Psalms of David, those faithful songs, the language of devotion which banishes the spirit of pride . . . How I addressed you in those … Continue reading Psalms and Worship
Ways the Psalms Shape Us
God has used the Psalms to shape and reorient Christians throughout the history of the church. Below are some reflections on how the Psalms shape us. Speak to the Human Condition and our Chaotic Lives The psalms speak to the human condition. That is why we recently named a Psalms youth group series what we … Continue reading Ways the Psalms Shape Us
The Life of a Growing Christian
Read Psalm 1 Christians Are Already Blessed In Christ From the language in Psalm 1, it becomes clear that Jesus is the blessed one. This Psalm points forward to one who is to come. The grammar requires full obedience, something we could never do. In light of Jesus being the blessed one, we need to … Continue reading The Life of a Growing Christian
Last Youth Group Lesson Before Corona
A Hope-Filled Kingdom Psalm 72 Youth Group - Spring 2020 We have discussed various types of Psalms so far. Some of them are clear because of their structure - like Lament and Praise Psalms, and others are distinguished because of their content - like wisdom and royal Psalms. Tonight we are going to look at … Continue reading Last Youth Group Lesson Before Corona
God Knows You and Is With You
Psalm 139:1-12 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 … Continue reading God Knows You and Is With You
A Grounded Love – Part 2
Psalm 116 12 What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, 14 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of … Continue reading A Grounded Love – Part 2
A Grounded Love
Psalm 116:1-11 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and … Continue reading A Grounded Love
God Created You
Psalm 139:13-16 13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven … Continue reading God Created You
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