This entry is part [part not set] of 6 in the series Contemplating and Studying GodPsalm 77 contains many “thought” words such as “remember,” “selah,” “meditate,” “ponder,” and “muse.” Asaph was certainly a thinker, perhaps a little too much for his own good in that his thinking often drove him to fear (see Psalm 73). Yet, he sanctified his much thinking and struggled within himself and the sanctuary until he gained the victory and ascended...
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series The BeatitudesThis series continues with a simple meditation on our next “Blessed” statement: Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4, ESV) It’s a strange thing is it not? The word “blessed” is not something that we would often associate with a phrase like “those who mourn.” Mourning is painful. We naturally flee from pain. So how could any good come...
This entry is part [part not set] of 12 in the series Meditations in DeuteronomyToday’s Reading: Deuteronomy 13:6-11 This passage contains a most solemn law. Israel was told to love God with the whole heart and with the whole soul, to cling to Him and fear Him. It was no question that pagans were to be slain in the conquest, but what of those within Israel’s borders that allured others into idolatry–what of one’s own...
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