Psalm 150: Introduction: This is a short psalm, but it is densely packed with hallelujahs. There are twelve of them here, and one hallelu-el. Together they praise Jah, the covenant God of Israel—Yahweh or Jehovah, and El, the great God Almighty. The longest stretch of words here between any two hallelujahs is four words, with …
Crimson Glory
The God of all glory is the God of triune glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which is why the image and glory of God sing with our heads back in order to render reflected glory where it is due, and the result is a fusion of music and sacrifice. The Father is the Speaker …
Mark Rosendahl, R.I.P.
In the book of Ecclesiastes, we are told that it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting (Eccl. 7:2). And why? It is because that is the destination that every last one ...
A Seven-fold Rejoinder to Jeremy Sexton
Introduction: In a recent edition of Themelios (48.3), my fellow CREC minister Jeremy Sexton offered his critique of postmillennialism. Now to be blunt . . . he did far more than offer a critique. ...
Songs of Triumph
Psalm 149: Sermon Video Introduction: In Scripture, praise and true authority always go hand in hand. This is because it is faith that overcomes the world (1 John 5:4), and praise always overflows ...
The St. Andrews Seven
Introduction: So this is a talk about the impact a small group of Scots had on the nation of India. This is, as I take it, a subset of a larger story. The Scots were, in effect, the last European ...
From Absolutely Nothing
Before the creative Word was spoken, no thing was. Before the void was filled, or even existed to be filled, there was God the Speaker, God the Spoken, and God the Interpreter, and they had not yet brought the heavens and earth into being. But when they did, the spheres and stars and waters and …
Praise That Plunges
Psalm 148: Sermon Video Introduction: This is a psalm of praise in action. It begins in the highest heaven, and descends to the deeps, and invites everyone and everything in between to join ...
God of the High and Low
Psalm 147: Sermon Video Introduction: On the one hand, we know that God is far above us, higher than the highest heaven. But we must also confess that He is beneath our feet, supporting us ...
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
Psalm 146: Sermon Video Introduction: On the one hand, people have every reason to not put their trust in princes. The princes let them down over and over, again and again. You would think ...