Follow those who lead you and submit [to them], for they are watchful for the sake of your souls, as those who will hand over an account, so that they may do this with...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This terse statement by John at the beginning of his Gospel is packed with an incredible amount...
Blessed is he who seizes and smashes your children against the rock. Psalm 137 is, perhaps, one of the most difficult psalms in the psalter, not so much for its theology, but for the...
Surely I have soothed and I have stilled my soul like a weaned [child] upon his mother; like a weaned [child] upon me is my soul. The heading of Psalm 131 tells us that...
If the Lord does not build the house, those building labor on it in vain; if the Lord does not keep watch over the city, the watchman keeps watch in vain. Psalm 127 consists...
Teach [us] to number our days so we may obtain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90 is a sober reminder of our frailty and transience compared to the everlasting, almighty God who created all...
3 If, God, you keep in mind sins–O Lord, who can stand? 4 Yet with You [is] forgiveness in order that you may be held in honor. In Psalm 130, the psalmist pleads for...
I will hear what God says, for the Lord will speak peace to His people–even to His faithful ones, and they will not turn back to stupidity. Psalm 85 is a plea for restoration....
The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord; a good understanding belongs to all who do [His precepts]. His praise stands for ever. Psalm 111 is an acrostic psalm where each line of...
Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with rejoicing. Psalm 100 is a sort of sister-psalm to Psalm 95, which we looked at last week. It too is a call to worship, an...