by Stuart | 19 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
This is the last of my devotionals in the Psalms. The document containing all these posts, before today, comprised 102,318 words. That’s toward the upper end word count of a commercial novel! In many ways, it feels like the end of the line. Commentators have long...
by Stuart | 18 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
One of the enduring debates in the Christian church is the appropriate attitude to war. Christians universally recognise that war is not good, but there is debate on whether or not it is ever necessary. The predominant view is just war theory: that war, though never...
by Stuart | 17 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Jesus once told a Samaritan woman that God is looking for worshippers who will worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24). Worship, in other words, should be offered enthusiastically (“spirit”) and according to how God has revealed himself (“truth”). It might sound...
by Stuart | 16 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Psalms 146–150 are sometimes called “the final hallel.” These closing five psalms all begin the same way: “Praise the LORD” (or, in Hebrew, hallelujah). It is generally thought that Book 5 of the Psalms (107–150) was compiled long after the return from exile. These...
by Stuart | 15 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Al Mohler recalls talking to a pastor who, during the course of the conversation, said to him, “You know, one day, they’re going to put us in a box and they’re going to lower us into the ground and they’re going to throw dirt over us and they’re going to go back to...
by Stuart | 12 Nov 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
The pilot of the CW’s new Superman series, Superman and Lois, tackles an all-too-familiar premise. Clark and Lois, having been married for some time, are parents to twin teenaged sons. Clark’s busyness as Superman leaves him, in many ways, an absent father. Through a...
