Exploring the Scriptures Together
Psalms 86, 102, 109, 139-141, 143 You may have noticed a common theme in many of the psalms today and lately: the call for God’s judgment and vengeance upon the wicked, often quite graphically. Are you uncomfortable when the Psalms say such things? Do you think that such sentiments are somehow “unchristian”? Do you even …
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Psalms 53, 55, 58, 61, 64, 69-71 For it is for Your sake that I have borne reproach,that dishonor has covered my face. Psalm 69:7 Good people are always a reproach to the wicked, because they are quite unwilling to sanction their crimes. They carefully withdraw from them, join in no compact with them. These …
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Psalms 35-36, 38, 40-41 For with You is the fountain of life;in Your light do we see light. Psalm 36:9 What other light of God can we speak of in which a person sees light except God’s spiritual power, which when it lightens a person causes him either to see clearly the truth of all …
Psalms 25-28, 31 The LORD is my light and my salvation;whom shall I fear?The LORD is the stronghold of my life;of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31b I hope that we all always read these Scriptures in context. We must not forget …
Psalms 11-14, 16-17, 22 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 14:1 To whom do you listen? To the news media? To Hollywood? To social media? To celebrities or other “influencers”? To politicians? To scientists? To experts? And do they say — either explicitly or by the lives they lead — …
Psalms 4-6, 9-10 We all know that David wrote a lot of psalms. We have already read those that are tied to specific events in David’s life. Now for the next several days, we get to read the rest of them, with just a couple of peeks back into Chronicles. So settle into the Psalms …
I Kings 1-2 OK, I confess. I am a little irritated at The Chronological Study Bible’s schedule of readings. Following their schedule, we today come to the end of David’s life and proceed a few years into the reign of David’s son, Solomon. But we are by no means done yet with David. We will …
Psalm 60; I Chronicles 18:14-21:30; II Samuel 24 Today our readings in I Chronicles 18-20 replay what we’ve already seen in II Samuel, telling us lots of positive things about David and his reign. But Chronicles completely avoids any mention of David’s sin with Bathsheba and Absalom’s subsequent rebellion. Interesting. Then we get to I …
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II Samuel 22-23; I Chronicles 18:1-13 II Samuel 22 is nearly identical to Psalm 18, which we read on April 1. With the merciful you show yourself merciful;with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;with the purified you deal purely,and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. II Samuel 22:26-27 (cf. Psalm 18:25-26) God …
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II Samuel 21 Remember the Gibeonites? They are the people who escaped the violent conquest of the Promised Land by dressing up in old rags and claiming to be from a far off country, tricking Joshua and the people of Israel into agreeing to spare them. (If you need a refresher, see Joshua 9 and …