Devotions
The Sting of Betrayal (Psalm 55)
Do you know the sting of betrayal? Do you know what it is like to have someone who once had your back now stab you in it? Do you know what it is like to have people who once trusted and supported you now turn against you? David knew this pain. It is the sting of...
Praying for Judgement (Psalm 54)
Psalm 54 is one of the imprecatory psalms. It may be one of the milder imprecatory psalms, but the language of, say, v. 5 still makes us uncomfortable: “He will return to evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them.” This is the kind of language that...
Theistic Indifference (Psalm 53)
I think it’s fair to say that we live in a world in which atheism has become increasingly militant. This is at least true online. Militant atheists are perhaps rarer in the streets than on social media and other digital platforms. Still, when we encounter these...
A Timeless Text (Psalm 52)
Have you ever read the Bible and felt that the places, people, and events it describes are hopelessly foreign? That is understandable. The Bible was written by different people in a different place at a different time. Attempts to modernise Bible stories often sound...
Rote Religiosity (Psalm 51)
On night, about twenty years ago, the church landline rang after one evening at our missions conference. On the other end of the line was a man from the community who wanted a “father” to come and bless his house because he was convinced that his home and family were...
Not One of Us (Psalm 50)
In 1995, Joan Osborne burst onto the musical world stage with her wildly popular debut single One of Us.The song touches on various aspects of theism and how the listener might relate to God. Would the listener call God by name, if he had one? Would the listener want...