Pastor John and Becki Watson discuss November 15th's sermon, "The Splendors of Wealth" from Psalm 49.

Have you ever wondered why we melt in the  presence of a celebrity? Why are we intimidated by the rich? Why do we  ascribe so much power to the wealthy?

Psalm 49 poses these questions as a riddle and teaches us why we can live in a different way.

On Wyoming Park Bible Fellowship's inaugural midweek podcast, Becki Watson and Pastor John discuss last week's sermon, "The LORD Most High" on Psalm 47.

The Bible indicates that a person can be so overwhelmed with joy that they cannot help but burst in to singing.

Have you ever been that full of joy? Is there anything that can so move you that you cannot help but break into song?

What would it take to make us that joyful? Let’s talk about it today as we study Psalm 47.

Have you ever received a medal or  something like a “merit badge”?  We give those kinds of things to honor a  person’s skill or a noble act of courage. Such an honor can be a great  blessing, and an affirmation of a job well done.

Will Jesus give us a medal some day?  Is that what it is all about?

Today we think about one  of the great stories of the Bible – often called the story of “The Fiery  Furnace”.  Many of us have heard hit dozens of times. Today’s question  is, “where is Jesus in the story?”

Religious people expend intense human efforts to  please God by meeting his requirements – by obeying his laws and making  sacrifices.  Non-religious people ignore God and his laws and live their  own way – by doing what is right in their own eyes.

Neither of those are Christianity.

Christianity recognizes that we are  sinners and that we cannot meet the requirements of God’s law.  But a  perfect One already has – the Lord Jesus.  In, from, and through his  love for us, Jesus meets the requirements of God’s law and takes the  punishment for our sin and offers us his free salvation by his grace.   Through trusting Jesus, we respond to his gift of grace and are saved!   This salvation transforms our relationship with God’s law.

“God called us out of slavery… therefore you shall…”

Today’s text talks to us about the “God of Jacob”. What does that phrase mean? What do we learn about God from the story of Jacob, and why is it such an encouragement to us today?

Last week Jesus asked us a question of first importance: "Who do you say that I am?" Now we move to another question of first importance: What does it mean to follow Jesus? Jesus teaches that following him has a cost, but that it is a cost well worth paying. 

We have to make a lot of crucial decisions in life:

The story of history, in many ways, is the story of a marriage. Let's learn more about it today in Psalm 45.