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Expectant Prayer in the Psalms

by | Sep 4, 2012 | Bible, Preaching, Theology, Worship

Prayer requires that we expect something. Unless we expect that God both hears and acts on our prayers, prayer is impossible. To speak of “expectant prayer” is redundant. The Psalms teach us to pray in many ways, but perhaps one of the most important...

The Goodness of God and the Bones of Jesus

by | Feb 6, 2012 | Bible, Theology

Psalm 34 extols the goodness of God. David gives testimony to a time in which YHWH delivered him out of his afflictions–in particular, he is referring to the time when he changed his behavior before the Philistines so that he appeared to be mad, and they did not...

Psalm 114:7-8: The Repentance Demanded by Jesus Christ

by | Jul 13, 2011 | Bible

Psalm 114 closes with a roaring finale: [7] Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, [8] who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water. (Psalm 114:7-8) What you might not have noticed up to this...

Psalm 114:3-6: Creation’s Response to the Salvation of Jesus Christ

by | Jul 12, 2011 | Bible

When God brought Israel out of Egypt, making Judah his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion (and when he ultimately made Jesus his sanctuary and his dominion), we read that creation was incapable of remaining silent: [3]     The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back....

Psalm 114:1-2: Jesus Christ, the Sanctuary and Dominion of God

by | Jul 11, 2011 | Bible

Psalm 114 bursts with anticipation for the glorious salvation that would be accomplished by Jesus Christ. Psalm 114, however, is not what we would typically consider a “Messianic Psalm”–that is, a psalm that refers explicitly to some aspect of the...

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