Ending on Psalm 12?

This Sunday is the last sermon in our series: "Knowing God in the Psalms." It's been a rich time for usin the Psalms. Many people have approached me, eyes gleaming, to tell me how these Psalms havestrengthened their faith and...

To The Choirmaster, A Psalm of David.

1  O LORD, you have searched me and known me!

2  You know when I sit down and when I rise up;you discern my thoughts from afar.

3  You search out my path and my lying downand are acquainted with all my...

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool."

2 The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

3 Your people will offer themselves...

Throughout the summer we've been on a quest to know God through the book of Psalms. Contrary towhat some believe, the Psalms are not a collection of poetic musings about God. Instead, thesescriptures teach how to interact with the living God of the...

To the Choirmaster, A Maskil of the Sons of Korah

1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,so pants my soul for you, O God.

2 My soul thirsts for God,for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God?

3 My tears have been my foodday and...

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

 

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in toBathsheba.

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercyblot out...

Sing to the LORD a new song!

1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song;sing to the LORD, all the earth!

2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name;tell of his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the nations,his marvelous works among all the...

Moses Meets the "Higgs-Boson"

Last Wednesday marked a major milestone in the history of scientific research. Scientists from theCERN particle accelerator in Switzerland announced they had experimentally validated the existenceof the "Higgs-Boson,"...

Psalm 49 Isn't a Prayer, So Why is it in the Book of Psalms?

You'll notice right away that this Psalm is different. It contains no prayer or praise. Its opening words point in a different direction. "Wisdom", "Meditation", "Understanding", "Proverb"...

It's hard to be still. We live lives of constant motion. We don't know how to be still on normal days. Whenthings start to fall apart it's even harder. The easiest thing to do is to freak out. We ramp up the activity; livein crisis mode.

Psalm 46 is...