I spent a good portion of yesterday and already some time this morning watching Christmas videos on the internet for a project at the church. Most of these videos boil down to a single theme - why do we celebrate Christmas? After watching all those videos, I opened my Bible to Psalm 30 and read [...]
J.B. Phillips wrote a book many years ago entitled, Your God is Too Small. And I wonder if he isn’t right on the mark. When was the last time that you heard about God, thought about God or sang a song about God that made you shudder because you grasped the awesomeness of God. [...]
Why are we in such a hurry for non-believers to be punishes by God? I recently preached a sermon on Jonah where I asked exactly that question. Why did Jonah, the one who had been the object of God’s kindness and mercy, want anyone to experience his wrath? In Psalm 28, David asks for the [...]
How often do you stop to “gaze upon the beauty of the Lord”? Yup, me neither. At least not very often. But listen to these words from verses 4-6 of Psalm 27.
One thing I ask of the Lord,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my [...]
My PhD class this morning opened with a reflection on Psalm 131, so I thought I would skip ahead with some thoughts on that psalm…
Especially noteworthy in this psalm is that it is a psalm of ascent - that is, it was a song for the journey. The psalms of ascent are the songs the [...]
“Is this true of me?” That’s the question that ran through my head continually as I read Psalm 26. “Is this true of me?” Consider the statements that David makes. Are they true of you?
 For I have led a blameless life (vs 1).
     Is this true of me?
I have trusted in the Lord without waivering [...]
