In Our Secure Union with Christ and His People
Presented December 12 and 13, 2021
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Chapter: Psalm 126
This is the overview of the three-week Psalms of Advent class, December 2021.
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Our Security in Christ Our King and in His Community
Presented December 5 and 6, 2021
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Prepared for Psalms Group, December 13, 2020
From beginning to end the subject matter of the psalms is the Lord of Israel. In various ways the many lament psalms or prayers for help that are so pervasive in the Psalter speak to and about God; in so doing they inform the one reading them of what this God is like and why one turns in that direction in times of trouble… What happens is what aways happens in prayer: a theological understanding of the One to whom the prayer is lifted is both implicit and explicit in the prayer. We learn about God as we pray. We say what we know and believe about God as we cry out. That is certainly the case with the psalmist.
Patrick Miller, The Lord of the Psalms, from the Introduction
How often do you experience doubts about God’s existence or God’s character? What seems to trigger those doubts? How do you express those doubts?
Prepared for Sunday, April 26, 2020
The fifteen Psalms of Ascent are placed in the Psalter after Psalm 119, Israel’s love letter to YHWH for his Torah, his instructions for life in YHWH’s mercy, grace, steadfast love, and faithfulness. (See Exodus: 34:6.)