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Psalm 20: Thy Kingdom Come, Not God Save The King

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  • Zach Keele
on February 1, 2025 | 1 Comment

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, God save the King? Many of us think of some BBC show or a period piece on the British monarchy, as we know this cry entirely from history, literature, or entertainment. Indeed, it . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 20 | 1 Comment

Psalm 14: The Heart Talk Of Fools (Part 2)—The Foolishness Of Fallenness

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  • Harrison Perkins
on January 25, 2025 | Comment

Why does Psalm 14 focus on the foolishness of sinners? It does so to highlight God’s sovereignty despite the wrongs that are out of place in the world. Sin and its fallout are not what ought to be. These shortcomings about the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 14 | Comment

Psalm 14: The Heart Talk Of Fools (Part 1)—Prayer’s Call For Reflection

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  • Harrison Perkins
on January 18, 2025 | Comment

I have never been confident enough in my evangelistic approaches to recommend them to others, but they sometimes do make for good stories. In a previous job at a coffee shop, I remember a conversation with a co-worker who expressed being bent . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 14 | Comment

Psalm 13: How Long? (Part 2)—Our Deep Need For God’s Rescue

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  • Harrison Perkins
on January 11, 2025 | 2 Comments

Psalm 13 is about how to navigate waiting before God. The Psalter functions at least in part to instruct us about the godly response to the full spectrum of experience and emotion that we encounter in the Christian life. Psalm 13 considers . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 13 | 2 Comments

Psalm 13: How Long? (Part 1)—Canonical Contribution

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  • Harrison Perkins
on January 4, 2025 | 2 Comments

If you are anything like me, waiting in line is really hard for you. Some of my more frustrating experiences are when I see no forward motion in the line I am waiting in. As you are waiting for your turn to . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 13 | 2 Comments

The God Worthy Of Psalming And Hymning: Psalm 113 (Part 3)

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  • Luke Gossett
on December 28, 2024

Recently, the King of Spain, Felipe VI, met his subjects in the streets. Floods have lately ravaged Spain, and the monarch came to meet his people. Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 113

The God Worthy Of Psalming And Hymning: Psalm 113 (Part 2)

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  • Luke Gossett
on December 21, 2024 | 3 Comments

Recently, the King of Spain, Felipe VI, met his subjects in the streets. Floods have lately ravaged Spain, and the monarch came to meet his people. Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 113 | 3 Comments

The God Worthy Of Psalming And Hymning: Psalm 113 (Part 1)

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  • Luke Gossett
on December 14, 2024

Yuri Gagarin is an unlikely candidate to make an appearance in our churches. The Russian cosmonaut died in 1968. Nevertheless, you may have heard of him. He was the first man in space. He is also becoming a favorite sermon illustration of some. Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 113

Psalm 12—A Pure And Protecting Word (Part 2): Application

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  • Harrison Perkins
on December 7, 2024

This series walks through Psalm 12 and its teaching that God’s Word is the pure and protecting source of guidance and deliverance. Part one outlined the three-act structure that developed the problem (1–2), proposed David’s solution (3–4), and presented God’s Word as . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 12

Psalm 12—A Pure And Protecting Word (Part 1): Exegesis

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  • Harrison Perkins
on November 30, 2024

With some irony, one of the hot topics in the news today is whether the news is reliable. The so-called “legacy media,” which is basically the major networks and news outlets, seems to face the common accusation of promoting agendas and certain . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 12

Psalm 11—Explicable Courage (Part 3): The King Of Righteousness

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  • Harrison Perkins
on November 23, 2024

As this series has explored, Psalm 11 is a prayer of trust in how God will come through for his people when dangers seem threatening. What could be a real threat to us if we lived in a poor shelter becomes no . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 11

Psalm 11—Explicable Courage (Part 2): Exposition

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  • Harrison Perkins
on November 16, 2024 | 1 Comment

Psalm 11 is an expression of trust that God is our ultimate and true source of safety.1 It shows how the place where we find our refuge plays a key role in how threatened we will feel by the potential dangers around . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 11 | 1 Comment

Psalm 11—Explicable Courage (Part 1): Canonical Context

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  • Harrison Perkins
on November 9, 2024

It is funny how our lodging place changes our perspective on the severity of our surrounding conditions. In a nice and sturdy house, a basic rainstorm seems inconsequential—people inside often even enjoy the patter of raindrops against their windows. On the other . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Harrison Perkins, Psalm 11

Psalm 42: Desiring God (Part 4)

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  • Sean Morris
on November 2, 2024 | 1 Comment

Having given this wonderful text of Psalm 42 an expositional and pastoral survey in our previous three articles, we return one last time for a fourth installment wherein we consider some further implications and applications: 1. The great Matthew Henry writes in . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 42 | 1 Comment

Psalm 42: Desiring God (Part 3)

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  • Sean Morris
on October 26, 2024

When we left this psalm at the end of part 2, we noted that the psalmist was drawing from his spiritual reservoir, so to speak. Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 42

Psalm 42: Desiring God (Part 2)

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  • Sean Morris
on October 19, 2024

Last time, in part 1 of our study on Psalm 42, we began to consider how love for God’s house is the essence of true piety. Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 42

Psalm 42: Desiring God (Part 1)

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  • Sean Morris
on October 12, 2024

One reason to love the Psalms is that they serve as a fierce rejoinder to the trendy spirituality of our age. If we are honest, sometimes (whether through the influence of our wider culture or through the influence of other Christians), we . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Biblical Exposition, Biblical theology, Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 42

Christ’s Cursing Song—Abortion And Rebirth In Psalm 58 (Part 2)

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  • Aaron De Boer
on October 5, 2024

During the height of Nazi ascendency in early twentieth-century Germany, when the Confessing Lutheran Church was becoming more and more oppressed by the regime, a young preacher gave a sermon on the 58th Psalm. Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 58

Christ’s Cursing Song—Abortion And Rebirth In Psalm 58 (Part 1)

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  • Aaron De Boer
on September 28, 2024

It is the practice of the congregation that I serve to gather together on Wednesday evenings for a fellowship meal, and what we do after supper truly thrills my soul. We sing consecutively through the Psalter—every word, every verse—and I have the . . . Continue reading →

Categorized Psalms, Saturday Psalm Series | Tagged Psalm 58

Psalm 10—Where Is The Lord? (Part 3): Looking For Christ

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  • Harrison Perkins
on September 21, 2024

This series has looked at Psalm 10 to draw out its teaching that God is near to his people even when we do not feel like he is. That point comes out through David’s twofold prayer. He first laments how the wicked . . . Continue reading →

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