by Stuart | 21 Sep 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Psalm 107 celebrates two related themes: Yahweh’s covenant love and his salvation. The opening verses set the tempo: “Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from...
by Stuart | 20 Sep 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Some time ago, I saw former England star footballer David Beckham interviewed on a television talk show. Speaking about his children’s involvement in football, he recalled a particular match that he attended for one of his sons. The referee did not arrive and so the...
by Stuart | 17 Sep 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
It seems obvious to the consistent reader of the Psalms that Psalms 105 and 106 were designed as a couplet. Psalm 105 focuses on God’s faithfulness to his people, more or less from the time of Abraham till the settling in the Promised Land. Psalm 106, on the other...
by Stuart | 16 Sep 2021 | Hymnody
Henry Francis Lyte was born into severe poverty in Scotland on 1 June 1793. While still very young, he became an orphan. Despite, these challenges, he successfully navigated his schooling, eventually graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Entering...
by Stuart | 16 Sep 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
John wrote his letters (particularly the first two) in the context of the Gnostic heresy. Among other things, the Gnostics taught that the physical world was inherently evil and the spiritual world inherently good. In Gnostic thinking, it was not possible to glorify...
