Sermon Video The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: And here we come to a great hymn of gratitude and praise, offered up to God for His glorious law. We have here the definitive answer ...
Psalm 119/ A Hymn to the Word
Psalm 118/ The Stone the Builders Rejected
The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: And so these Hallel psalms conclude on a note of high triumph—but it is triumph through the midst of trials. This is triumph that perseveres ...
Shaped by Our Worship of Him/Ps. 115
The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: God alone is the God of all glory, and so we must turn to Him in order to bless Him alone. And when we give glory to Him, He in His divine grace has fashioned the world in such a way as to allow us to become a reflected …
Psalm 114/ Song of the Exodus
The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: As we continue through the Hallel Psalms, we come to the second of them, and this is a great song of historical remembrance. When we set ourselves to praise God, to say hallelujah, we are to remember His great works of deliverance in history. A great part of our …
Psalm 113/Praise Jah!
The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: This particular psalm begins the section of the psalter that is known as the Hallel Psalms. This section is Ps. 113 through 118. It was the custom of Jews to recite this section verbatim on festival occasions of praise. The word hallel means praise, and so when we are …
Psalm 112/The Blessedness of Godly Delight
The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: This psalm is part of a matched set, together with the previous one. Both this psalm and Ps. 111 are alphabetic psalms, with each portion beginning with the next letter in the Hebrew alphabet. As a consequence, the two psalms are right around the same length, and there are …
Psalm 111/The Great Deeps of the Covenant
The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: Here is a straightforward psalm of praise, but we have to extend our arms all the way out to hold and carry what we are praising Him for. In order to wield this psalm rightly, we will have to beseech God to enlarge our hearts. Enlarge our hearts all …
Our Ebenezer Stone/State of the Church 2020
Introduction: The Lord has been blessing our congregation in many striking ways. We have been growing in remarkable ways, and an essential part of this growth entails the inevitable growing pains. Quite a few of you just moved to our community just within the last year, and it may seem to you that you have …
A Theology of Christmas Presents (4)
Introduction: In the light of all the foregoing, we should therefore not be surprised when we find that we must affirm the goodness of the material world. This should be obvious, but tragically ...
A Theology of Christmas Presents (3)
Introduction: As we continue our consideration of the whole question of gift-giving at Christmas, we have been studying the background. What does the Bible teach about giving and receiving generally, and how can we apply these general principles to specific situations—like our Christmas shopping and our presents? So we started with the ultimate gift of …