Psalm 14 I would imagine that when we read our bibles, we spend most of our time reading in the New Testament. There are great stories in the Old Testament and we love the historical sections, but we get bogged down in the law and the prophets and then escape to the New Testament. When…
Psalm 2 Although Psalm 2 does not identify the author of the psalm, the early disciples in Acts 4:25 identified this psalm as a psalm of David. In Acts 13:33 Paul identified this psalm as the second of the psalms. From these two New Testament references, it is clear that the early church read Psalm…
Psalm 23:6 “And they all lived happily ever after.” We like happy endings. Books and movies that end well lift us up. Life is stressful enough so that when I watch a movie, I want it to end with at least the hope of redemption. I want to know that there is something good that…
Psalm 23:5 I learned to drive with my knees while eating a sandwich the summer after my second year of university. I had a job selling food from a truck. I had a route and stopped at industrial sites and sold breakfast and lunch to workers at those sites. Time was off the essence and…
Psalm 23:4b On Christmas Day, 2005, Annie and I, along with a friend, were walking on the path that cuts across the valley behind our house. We were heading into Centreville to attend the Christmas Day service when all of a sudden two young men with knives jumped out to rob us. This was just…