Psalm 52 – Part 2
Several years ago, at a growing church in San Diego, Donna the Dragon used her sinister methods to grab power while trashing those biblically given the power to lead. After […]
Psalm 52 – Part 1
During my fourth, and last, year at Dallas Theological Seminary in 1985, our Hebrew professor arbitrarily assigned us psalms to exegete and preach. No one wanted a rather obscure, somewhat […]
Psalm 51 – Part 2
The young bride-to-be had a credit card problem. During our last counseling session prior the wedding, I discovered she, at twenty-seven years old, had a minimum payment on her Visa […]
Psalm 51 – Part 1
Much spiritual wisdom can be gained by studying the flora and fauna around us. Take, for instance, a tree I trimmed as a gardener years ago. Outwardly, the tree exhibited […]
Psalm 46
Making a Hebrew exegetical class on the Psalms, while a student at Dallas Theological Seminary in the early 1980s, changed, challenged, and comforted me in so many ways. During that […]
Psalm 37 – Part 3
Jesus warned His followers what to expect prior to return His glorious return. Writing through and amanuensis named John Mark, Peter, recounts Christ’s teaching in chapter 13: 9 But watch […]
Psalm 37 – Part 2
Prior to his martyrdom at the hands of Caesar Nero, Paul wrote about what Christians should expect prior to the return of Christ at the Second Advent at the close […]
Psalm 37 – Part 1
Sadly, the presidential debates this past week were far from presidential. Anger replaced argument. Emotion replaced substance. Evasion replaced answers. Personal disrespect replaced respect. Indecency replaced decency. The whole event […]
Psalm 33 – Part 3
How important is praise to the life of a Christ follower? When the Pharisees told Jesus to rebuke His disciples for praising Him as the messianic king as He rode […]
Psalm 33 – Part 2
Really, how much time to you spend in a given day giving God praise? Interestingly enough, the first time the word “praise,” yadah (ידה ), appears in the Bible is when […]
Psalm 33 – Part 1
How often, or how readily, do you actually give God your praise? Giving Him praise comes naturally from one who knows and walks with Him. Giving Him praise is, for […]
Psalm 32 – Part 2
In his ground-breaking book, The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, a graduate of the prestigious Harvard University, seeks to dispel the notion that success bring happiness. To him, it should be […]
