“Restore us, O Yahweh God of hosts!

    Let your face shine, that we may be saved!”

- Psalm 80:19

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

03:24 – Introduction;

17:52 – Commentary on Psalm 80;

33:57 - Commentary on ‘Everything at Once’ by Lenka;

1:01:03 - Godliness with Contentment: Great Gain?

1:23:43 - Plans Are Useless But Planning is Indispensable;

1:37:30 - Adjusting my Goodreads Reading Challenge Target;

1:46:32 - Staycations and Honey-Do Lists;

2:01:48 - Formulating Simple Rules and Cultivating Self-Discipline;

2:10:42 - Converting Concerns Into Duties;

2:21:38 - Valheim Revisited, and Play as a Medium for Learning;

2:45:37 - Books for Building:

1. Future Men by Doug Wilson
2. Murder Your Darlings by Roy Peter Clark
3. How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler andCharles Van Doren

3:24:02 - What Promotes Clear Thinking and Good Stewardship.

“Do not remember against us our former iniquities;

    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,

    for we are brought very low.”

- Psalm 79:8

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

02:18 – Introduction;

14:52 – Commentary on Psalm 79;

32:42 - Commentary on ‘Secrets’ by OneRepublic;

1:02:17 - BibleGateway Keyword Search: “secret”;

1:40:13 - Literal Word “secret” Lookup;

2:02:44 - Who Killed Mufasa;

2:27:33 - Emotional Safety.

We will not hide them from their children,

    but tell to the coming generation

the glorious deeds of Yahweh, and his might,

    and the wonders that he has done.

- Psalm 78:4

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

08:09 – Introduction;

28:46 – Commentary on Psalm 78;

1:00:30 - Commentary on ‘Edge of the Ocean’ by Stick Figure;

1:37:12 - “Low-Cortisol Living” vs. ‘The Upside of Stress’by Kelly McGonigal;

2:04:37 - Reflections on ‘The Anxious Generation’ by Jonathan Haidt;

2:29:49 - Differentiation, Embodied Belonging, and Non-Anxious Presence;

3:05:44 - What Promotes Clear Thinking in the Midst of Anxious Emotional Systems.

“When I remember God, I moan;

    when I meditate, my spirit faints.”

- Psalm 77:3

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

03:02 – Introduction;

58:46 – Commentary on Psalm 77;

1:12:19 – Commentary ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley & The Wailers;

1:38:59 – Anxiety in the New Testament

2:36:45 – Recommended Reading On Anxiety, Emotional Fusion, and Narcissism

“Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;

    the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.”

- Psalm 76:10

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

01:58 – Introduction;

18:53 – Commentary on Psalm 76;

32:18 – Commentary on ‘The Red’ by Chevelle;

57:59 – Considering ‘Of Anger’ by Francis Bacon

1:34:36 – ‘Anger’ Biblical Word Study – BibleGateway.com

2:38:35 – A Closing Caution About Demagoguery and Contentious Persons

“For not from the east or from the west

    and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

but it is God who executes judgment,

    putting down one and lifting up another.”

– Psalm 75:6-7

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

01:51 – Introduction;

12:03 – Commentary on Psalm 75;

29:10 – Commentary on ‘The Man’ by Aloe Blacc;

50:44 – Some Necessary Caveats;

1:08:50 – Who Is Raymond Ibrahim?;

1:24:30 – Defenders of the West;

1:36:13 – Sword and Scimitar;

1:48:41 – The Two Swords of Christ;

2:01:19 – That Tucker Carlson Interview of JD Hall;

2:48:35 – Peace in the Middle East: a Middle Western Perspective.

Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;

    let the poor and needy praise your name.

- Psalm 74:21

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

03:25 – Introduction;

15:01 – Commentary on Psalm 74;

33:30 – Commentary on 'Nobody' by half•alive;

52:38 – Who Francis Bacon Was;

1:07:07 – Reflections on ‘The Essays;’

1:23:34 – Without Honor in His Hometown;

1:44:07 – America’s 250th Birthday

“But for me it is good to be near God;

    I have made the Lord God my refuge,

    that I may tell of all your works.”

- Psalm 73:28

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

03:25  – Introduction;

10:47 – Commentary on Psalm 73;

28:14 – Commentary on ‘Chlorine’ by Twenty One Pilots;

52:52  – Who Was Tacitus;

1:18:51 – Compare and Contrast of Greco-Roman Historians,Analysts, and Eyewitnesses;

1:35:59 – Some Notable Quotes from The Complete Works ofTacitus;

1:47:52 – Reflections on This Podcast.

“May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,

    give deliverance to the children of the needy,

    and crush the oppressor!”

- Psalm 72:4

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

02:57 – Introduction;

09:08 – Commentary on Psalm 72;

40:05 – Commentary on ‘The Adults Are Talking’ by The Strokes;

1:01:57 – PTO and Eli’s Graduation Party Prep; Father-in-Law Moving to Greeley;

1:28:27 – Grief and Gratitude: The Surreal Quality of Reviewing Thousands of Family Photos.

“Be to me a rock of refuge,

    to which I may continually come;

you have given the command to save me,

    for you are my rock and my fortress.”

- Psalm 71:3

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

03:40 – Introduction;

14:58 – Commentary on Psalm 71;

38:45 – Commentary on ‘Dangerous’ by Big Data and Joywave;

55:25 – Hitting the Gym Hard, then Hurting my Back Making the Bed;

1:30:22 – A Broken Leg, Thoughts and Prayers, and How Restitution Relates to Repentance

2:13:48 – A Case Study in American Evangelicalism's Institutional Problem