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WHICH is “the day that the Lord has made”?
Sunday? Saturday? All of the above? Or something else?
“Open your mouth and I will fill it!”
Does Psalm 81:10 REALLY mean you should normally preach without preparing your message? Not exactly …
The Spirit-filled life in Ephesians 5:18-21
Being filled with the Spirit moves us to worship God, thank God, and look out for one another.…
From the land of Jordan and of Hermon (Psalm 42:6)
What has the Jordan to do with Mount Hermon? Anybody thirsty?
A fool says there’s no God (Psalm 14)
The psalmist wasn’t talking about modern atheists. He was talking about theists in name who act like atheists
God Plays Favorites
Ps 136:17-22: God “struck down great kings, for his faithful love continues forever; and slew great kings, for…
Who are the “gods” in Psalm 82:6? Maybe stuck-up people
One prominent view of Ps 82:6 has long been that the passage refers to YHWH’s divine council, the…
Real God vs. idols, truth vs. fiction
In a polytheistic world, Israel affirmed that the only true creator, the only God worthy of worship, was…
The Necessity of Reading Experientially Beyond the Psalms
Reading the Bible personally and experientially (by which I mean, relationally) is desirable, provided it is shaped and…
“Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it”—Psalm 81:10
Against preparing sermons, some preachers used to quote the verse, “Open your mouth wide, and I will fill…
God’s precious Word—Ps 119:82, 86-88
There are many reasons to treasure words from God. Just in a few verses of Psalm 119, we…
How grace reads the Law—a sample in Psalm 119:1-37
The psalmist celebrates the blessedness of those who observe God’s law, not doing wrong (Ps 119:1-3). God genuinely…
Verses out-of-context, part 1
This 8-minute video includes some samples of verses often taken out of context, and what they really mean. These include…
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills
Some people insist that God can supply all our needs because, after all, He “owns the cattle on…