Touted as Luther’s Psalm during the massive upheaval of the reformation, Psalm 46 is a psalm for every kind of trouble. Its historical background was when Sennacharib king of Assyria had “Shut up Hezekiah like a bird in a cage” in 722BC. The account of...
After grappling for 38 verses in Psalm 37 with the prosperity of evil and the adversity of the righteous David’s conclusion is the success of evil is only apparent and the failure of the righteous is only seemingly so. Iniquity is mortal, righteousness is immortal....
The Hebrew word Chesed is the magnificent word describing God’s Covenant faithfulness, not unlike grace in the NT. Variously translated by steadfast love (RSV) Lovingkindness (NASB) and here in the NLT as unfailing love. Notice it twice in this beautiful passage. The associated words of...
The book of Psalms is divided into five sub books that mirror the first five books of the Bible – the Pentateuch. Ps 42 and 43 are the beginning of Book 2. Originally they were one psalm. As you read notice the repetition of the...
When we look back on our time on this planet it will all seem like one bad night in an inconvenient hotel. It will seem like a single bleep on the radar screen of the universe. A dot in infinity. After the second coming, when...
The Christian faith does not offer a peaceful way to come to terms with death; it offers a way to overcome death, pain and suffering. The resurrection of Jesus is the convincing proof for this. The Bible stakes God’s reputation on His ability to restore...
The Bible speaks confidently and repeatedly of the time this earth will be re-created and the ravages if sin erased forever. At last humanity will be restored to its original purpose and the world will again be at harmony. All that has perplexed us in...
One of the profoundest evidences for the divine origin of scripture is it's incredible symmetry: 66 books written over 1500years by 40 authors in 3 different languages from 3 continents, yet it is all of one accord and no author disagrees on any point with...
My prayer for you is that when the trials are hard on earth take comfort in our heavenly destiny. The outcome is sure! We often feel that we are in captivity to circumstances. During the complete ruin of the Babylonian captivity Habukkak ends his theodicy...
As I prayed this morning I wondered where I would go with these musings. My Bible margins are full of decades of reflections on the word of God, gathered from multitudes of authors – now unknown. My meditations turned not to where I would go...
