Have you ever heard of the “butterfly effect?” Basically, it is the concept that even a small change can lead to significant outcomes. There are a lot of things in…
Are you ever distressed by the evil that is in the world? What can we do? Here we have another parable that in Matthew occurs in the same context as…
In our last study of the Psalms, we considered Psalm 92 which said, “but you, O Lord, are on high forever.” (Psalm 92:8, ESV) But what does that mean? How…
Farming is hard work and takes great patience and great faith. A good harvest depends on just the right conditions: the right preparation, the right soil, the right weather, etc.…
Psalm 92 is a psalm of thanksgiving and according to its heading, a psalm for corporate worship on the Sabbath day. This short psalm continues to answer the question believers…
Book three ended with the question “Lord, where is your unfailing love?” (Psa. 89:49). There are times when we ask this, when we find ourselves going through temptations and trials.…
Psalm 90 is one of several scriptures that remind us that life is fragile and brief (Jas. 4:13-15; etc.). Book III ended with unresolved questions about God’s unfailing love in…
Last time in our study of the Psalms we reflected on the question” Can you and I depend on God’s steadfast love and faithfulness?” The first half of this Psalm…
Can you and I depend on God’s steadfast love and faithfulness? Here in the last psalm of Book III the psalmist will wrestle with that question. Psalm 89 moves from…
Have you ever been in a place in your life where you have felt completely hopeless? How did you deal with it and how did it affect your relationship with…