Introduction: If there is one lesson that the psalmist would like for us to take away from this particular psalm, it is the desire that men would learn how to praise God for His goodness. This ...
Psalm 107/Let the Redeemed Say So
Remain Lovers
“Our challenge as preachers is to remain lovers, to refuse to let our calling, however important and exciting, obscure our primary calling to be captured ourselves by God’s love in Jesus Christ . . . You can only preach what you love” (Allen, The Preacher’s Catechism, p. 30)
The Ultimate Model
“And God is a preacher. He declares himself the loving Lord. He commanded creation into existence and upholds it all by his Word. His Word governs the planets, and he speaks to our consciences. In his book, the Bible, he shows us what he is like and how we should live. He preaches, in other …
Not Trivial
“Preaching, the declaring of God’s eternal Word to time-bound but eternal creatures, is serious work, and its triumphs and disasters echo into eternity” (Allen, The Preacher’s Catechism, p. 17).
Psalm 106/The Salvation of Ingrates
The Eleventh Decade of Psalms: Introduction: God is always to be praised for His wondrous works, but we also need to remember to make sure to catalog our praises. God works wonderfully in creation, ...
Israel and the Tabernacle of David/Psalm 105
Introduction: What we have here is a glorious retelling of God’s deliverance of Israel in and through the Exodus. In addition, we find that it is a retelling that is theologically sophisticated, and that on several levels. The Text: “O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: Make known his deeds among the …
Psalm 104/A Hymn of Creation and Providence
The Eleventh Decade of Psalms: Introduction: In this psalm, among many other truths, we see that the Holy Spirit of God is the one who gives us all forms of life. “Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created” (v. 30). And in the Nicene Creed, which we recited today, we confessed that we believe …
When Smoke Prays
And here is the video of the sermon on Psalm 102, a prayer from the afflicted. Psalm 102: When Smoke Prays
Psalm 103/Crowned With Kindness
Introduction: In this most encouraging psalm, we have a plain statement of what our condition is apart from the grace of God, coupled with a clear testimony of the giving of that grace regardless. One of the worst things a man can be is an ingrate, and in this psalm we are catechized in the …
The Householder’s Psalm
Psalm 101: The Householder’s Psalm