Pastor’s Blog
Psalm 16 – The LORD’S Presence and Protection
Timeless Biblical Truth. Believers in their integrity may seek the LORD’S protection with confidence because His care continues even in life beyond the grave. Prayer: Believers may petition the LORD for His protection because they trust Him completely (16:1-4)....
Psalm 15 – The Qualifications for Worship
Timeless Biblical Truth. Believers must live lives of obedience and integrity, so that they may have fellowship with the LORD (and confess their sins to Him before attempting to have fellowship with Him [1 John 1:9]). Question: Believers need to examine their lives...
Psalm 14 – The Foolishness and Corruption of Atheism
Timeless Biblical Truth. Believers may live where the godless ignore God’s law and oppress His people but God will judge the godless and deliver His people. Those who deny God’s existence and His moral laws follow their own perverse and corrupting way (14:1-3). Cause:...
Psalm 13 – Feeling Abandoned When Waiting on the LORD
Timeless Biblical Truth. When believers feel that the LORD has abandoned them they can press their appeal with reasons why He should answer their prayer and then expresses their confidence in Him with praise. Believers may express their feeling of being abandoned to...
Psalm 12 – Rely Only on God’s Truth
Timeless Biblical Truth. The world is full of arrogant deception and oppression and only God’s words are true and reliable. The words of humanity: The faithful believer prays to the LORD to deliver him from the deception of a godless culture (1-4). The faithful...
Psalm 11 – Remaining Steadfast in Times of Anarchy
Timeless Biblical Truth. When a culture becomes morally lawless and politically revolutionary, the faithful believer will stand firm in his faith that the LORD is sovereign who reigns in justice. When moral and political anarchy dominates a culture, faithful believers...
Psalm 10 – When Faithful Believers Are Helpless Before Their Enemies
Timeless Biblical Truth. When faithful believers are afflicted by the wicked, they cry to the LORD because He has shown His covenantal faithfulness to them in the past and are confident that He will deliver them when He comes to judge the wicked. Faithful believers in...
Psalm 9 – A Prayer for Deliverance from Unjust Oppression
Timeless Biblical Truth. Because the LORD is the righteous judge of the world, faithful believers may trust Him (i) for deliverance from the wicked and (ii) for final vindication at the Judgment. Because the enthroned LORD judges with justice, He is worthy of the...
Psalm 8 – God Visits Humanity
Timeless Biblical Truth. The LORD’s creation is to praise Him because He has revealed His glory, power, and grace by giving weak and mortal humans dominion over His creation. The LORD’s glory: People need to praise YHWH’S excellent character (1a). The LORD’s power and...