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I will say to Yahweh, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalm 91:2
Links & Timestamps:
00:25 — Scripture Reading: Psalm 91;
02:19 — Introduction: Election Day and the Authorities We Trust;
15:15 — Matthew Henry on Psalm 91: At Home in God;
36:15 — Captain Picard: The Man I Admired as a Boy;
1:01:48 — Rereading The Abolition of Man: Formationand the Conditioners;
1:52:47 — Music Appreciation: “The Outsiders” —NEEDTOBREATHE;
2:26:03 – The Most Important Thing Not on the Ballot;
02:47:11 — Psalm 91 Revisited: Our Refuge Is Not Our Control.
"So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom."
- Psalm 90:12
Links and Timestamps:
00:25 — Scripture Reading: Psalm 90;
02:33 — Introduction: There Is Work to Do;
17:22 — Commentary on Psalm 90: Wisdom for Mortal People;
42:34 — Music Appreciation: “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)” — Alabama;
1:03:01 — Why this discussion takes me back to Ecclesia Forum;
1:13:26 — Hearing the five views before giving my assessment;
1:28:57 — Sound management: What the nearer institutions reveal;
1:46:36 — Patience in what we think, feel, and do;
2:00:20 — What I hope to contribute: Productive, honorable, effectual, resilient;
2:16:17 — Closing the discussion: The work of our hands
“I will sing of the steadfast love of Yahweh forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.”
- Psalm 89:1
Links and Timestamps:
00:25 – Scripture Reading: Psalm 89;
06:09 - Introduction;
26:37 - The steadfast love of the Lord—and the apparent collapse of everything promised;
41:46 - Correcting what I said about Spurgeon in #1021;
46:30 - What Allie Beth Stuckey means by toxic empathy;
1:12:55 - Listening to And This Is Why We Homeschool;
1:30:34 - “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive” — Travis Tritt;
1:47:53 - I am not the shepherd—and I am not the wolf;
2:04:10 - Writing my testimony;
2:13:59 - Reviewing church conflict correspondence and timeline;
2:27:53 - Households and churches before grand political ambition.
But I, O Yahweh, cry to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
— Psalm 88:13 (ESV)
Links and Timestamps:00:25 — Scripture Reading: Psalm 88; 02:58 — Introduction; 12:44 — Commentary on Psalm 88: Faith That Still Cries Out; 26:33 — Commentary on “Which to Bury; Us or the Hatchet?” by Relient K; 42:13 — Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: The Autotelic Personality; 2:03:28 — Honest Faith by Charles Spurgeon: Promises, Work, and Waiting; 2:18:26 — What Remains Worth Doing; 2:38:48 — Conclusion: The Prayer Still Comes Before God;
Yahweh records as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.”- Psalm 87:6
Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 01:28 – Introduction; 13:53 – Commentary on Psalm 87: A Belonging We Do Not Invent; 32:06 – Commentary on “Enemy” by Father of Peace: When the Person We Want Gone Remains Part of Us; 47:45 – Examining My Own Communication: What Did I Actually Say, and What Did It Accomplish?; 1:12:44 – Reflections on Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry: Receiving a Life Together; 1:31:02 – Homecoming, Hospitality, and Receiving Good Beyond Our Own Arrangements; 1:49:40 – Belonging Without Possessing: A Future That Is Not Mine Alone; 2:11:13 – Conclusion: All My Springs Are in You.
"Teach me your way, O Yahweh,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name."
- Psalm 86:11
This Episode's Links & Timestamps:
00:24 - Psalm 86;
02:35 - Introduction;
17:31 - Matthew Henry’s commentary on Psalm 86;
32:31 - How I’ve Been Feeling;
50:01 - “Dance the Pain Away” — Haute & Freddy;
1:05:55 - Times I Have Realized I Was Wrong;
1:41:05 - The Scout Mindset — Julia Galef;
2:25:58 - When Is the Evidence “Enough”?;
2:44:31 - Farming for Dissent;
2:57:02 - When Being Wrong Requires More Than Updating;
3:36:24 - What Would Prove Me Wrong?
Yes, Yahweh will give what is good,
and our land will yield its increase.
- Psalm 85:12
Links and Timestamps:
00:25 – Scripture Reading;
01:59 – Introduction – Turning 40 Soon and Two Adult Sons;
15:37 – Commentary on Psalm 85;
44:29 - Commentary on “Train” by TALK;
1:02:07 - Arthur Brooks on PBD—Mid-Life, Mentoring, and Metamorphosis;
1:21:50 - Good to Great by Jim Collins;
1:37:01 - The Culture Map by Erin Meyer;
2:17:41 - Three resulting paradoxes and a Conclusion:
Formation cannot stop at self-understanding. How do I wisely deploy these three paradoxes that have been formed in me?
o I am highly explicit, but highly contextualabout relationships.
o I am low in status-deference, but relativelyhigh in respect for legitimate authority.
o I am peace-seeking, but highly confrontationalwhen I believe principle or duty has been implicated.
“For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”
- Psalm 84:10
Links and Timestamps:
00:25 – Scripture Reading;
02:13 – Introduction;
09:47 – Commentary on Psalm 84;
34:23 - Commentary on “Vienna” by Billy Joel;
58:00 - Jeremy Boreing Receives Backlash for Interviewing Mark Driscoll;
1:53:12 - Back to Church: My Own Personal History with Mark Driscoll;
2:23:44 - Panting for Something More Faithful Than the Seeker Friendly Paradigm;
2:33:49 - Escaping Spiritual Castration: An Alternative tothe Feminized Church;
2:53:04 - C.R. Wiley’s “The Household and the War for the Cosmos”;
3:21:27 - Devotional Blackboard Talk: What Is Devotion?
O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
- Psalm 83:1
Links and Timestamps:
00:25 – Scripture Reading;
02:15 – Introduction;
12:46 – Commentary on Psalm 83;
36:20 - Commentary on “Layla” by Eric Clapton;
57:05 - The Venerable Bede: One kingdom, two Easters;
1:15:51 - Lindsay Clancy: Chivalry, psychosis, and consequences;
2:04:15 - The dangers outside and the corruption within.
Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall inherit all the nations!
- Psalm 82:8
Links and Timestamps:
00:25 – Scripture Reading;
01:26 – Introduction;
06:26 – Commentary on Psalm 82;
24:14 - Commentary on “Baker Street” by Gerry Rafferty;
53:47 - Social confidence and epistemic reliability are different things;
1:29:38 - Superforecasting in four concepts;
1:47:56 - “Never be wise in your own eyes”;
2:02:06 - Judging justly, none of us is the final Judge.
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