I've loved Daniel 1:4 for years. This is a chat about what exactly Daniel and the other 3 were conscripted to do...

Psalm 148 invites the whole creation to praise God, top to bottom. This chat gets on a variety of little rabbit trails about angels, idols, and a dead squirrel.

Is it an encyclopedia of general knowledge revealed by God --- or is it something else entirely?

God revealed himself to pre-scientific peoeple. Advanced theology was communicated by ancient people. This demonstrates divine accommodation.

Psalm 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept

    when we remembered Zion.

2 There on the poplars

    we hung our harps,

3 for there our captors asked us for songs,

    our tormentors demanded songs of joy;

    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord

    while in a foreign land?

God isn't just operating in the world in "supernatural" events. He's WAY more involved than that. He's also working through the world in the most ordinary and natural things.

But recognizing God's handiwork takes faith.

This is a reflection based around the biblical theme of walking with God.

Psalm 74, Isaiah 27, Job 41, Palm 104 all have Leviathan in common.

This message includes a lot of ancient near eastern religious parallels that Israelites would have known.

It ends with some thoughts on what at least some modern spiritual warfare might be like.

Genesis 1:26 raises some fascinating questions and has wonderful implications. Let's talk about it.

This is a reflection on Genesis 1:26. See my notes here.