Sep 29, 2019
At the beginning of the universe, God was already there
(Gen. 1:1). The Bible describes God’s nature as being eternal
(no
beginning) and powerful enough to create the universe up and
running just by speaking (omnipotence; Gen. 1:1-27). This
explanation makes the most sense theologically,...
Sep 22, 2019
About a year before this song, instead of going out with his
troops to war, King David stayed home. During that time, he saw
a
woman bathing on her roof from his palace, which was at the
highest
point in Jerusalem. Finding out she was the wife of one of his
soldiers, he brought her to the palace, slept with her and...
Sep 15, 2019
While the exact situation is unknown, King David had many
moments of stress and difficulty. Though he was a man after
God’s
heart, he had family problems, physical problems, occupational
problems, financial problems, and had to run for his life
multiple
times (Acts 13:22). Life-problems can lead to eating...
Sep 8, 2019
The psalms (Gr. psalmos, ‘striking/twanging of strings’; fromHeb. mizmor, ‘a melody, from instrumental music’) are a collectionof poems set to music (Heb. tehillim, ‘praises’). They span about1000 years (c. 1400-586 BC, Moses to Babylonian captivity) and were used by the Jews for individual and...
Sep 1, 2019
At the outset of creation, God built humans as caring,
helpful,
relational beings—to God, each other, and the earth (Gen. 1:26,
27;
Ps. 8:5, 6). But after sin entered the heart, relationships
became
broken, and jealousy, animosity, and hatred became normal. Hate
isn’t disagreement with others but a sinful, emotional...