From Psalms 66-69 The shining forth of the face of God upon his people describes God’s good will and blessing. A shining, bright face reveals a person of good disposition and is a sign of [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 51-57 The opening line of the Psalm is confronting! Especially towards those who claim there is no God. Is this something God’s people should say to all unbelievers? Or is there more to [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 40-45 There is extensive agreement among the majority of interpreters that Ps 42 and 43 should be interpreted as a single psalm. Psalm 42 is described as a lament. It is easier to [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 32-35 Today’s Psalm describes several well known qualities about God and well known among the faithful in Israel. The goodness and faithfulness of god, the glory of god in creation, God’s all-embracing providence [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 21-25 Today’s Psalm speaks about the close relationship between the LORD and his Christ. It reflects the dependence of the king’s authority and the future of God’s people on the steadfast love of [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 9-16 Psalm 9 and 10 share an acrostic pattern (sequence of Hebrew letters starting each section). They are believed by some scholars to be one Psalm broken into two parts. Today we look [ Read More … ]
From Job 38-39 The LORD speaks from the whirlwind. He has heard Job’s words without knowledge and acts to put him right. He asks a series of questions highlighting to Job several facts he has [ Read More … ]
This is a long review of the short book ‘The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited’ by Scot McKnight. Scot is an American New Testament Scholar (blog Jesus Creed) and this book calls [ Read More … ]
From Job 32-34 The redeemed person tells others they sinned but they did not receive the full punishment of death. This is Elihu’s understanding of Job’s situation. In the gospel, a sinner asks for mercy [ Read More … ]
From Job 24-28 Job’s question today is why God does not let the righteous see that he is punishing wickedness. He argues God is seemingly inactive in the face of human suffering at the hands [ Read More … ]