Three Truths and Three Warnings
The disciples confessed that Jesus is the Messiah, but they did not understand what that meant and what the Messiah was about to suffer for our redemption. The horror of the lynching tree helps us to grasp the horror of the cross, even as the cross of Christ, in contrast to the lynching tree, stands for the power of redemption and the hope of the resurrection.
Hebrews is a powerful meditation on the gospel. Like Jesus in the Gospels, Hebrews sees the fundamental difference between apostasy and faithfulness as the difference between a religion about God and a Christ-centered relatioinship with God.
Psalms – Introduction – Lining Up The Psalms
Psalm 7 – My Shield and Defender
Psalm 16 – Living the Resurrection
Psalm 17 – An Honest Prayer for Help
Psalm 20 – Praying for Answers
Psalm 22 – The Psalm of the Cross
Psalm 23 – The Lord is my Shepherd and The Lord is my Host
Psalm 27 – A Song of Confidence
Psalm 28 – A Plea for Help Answered
Psalm 29 – The Voice of the Lord
Psalm 30 – Confidence Reclaimed
Psalm 32 – Confession and Celebration
Psalm 34 – The Ethics of Gratitude
Psalm 35 – Beseiged, Betrayed, Belittled
Psalm 40 – Deliverance in Christ
Psalm 41 – The Passion of the Lord
Psalm 42 – 43 The Counsel of Prayer
Psalm 46 – Preaching in a Crisis
Psalm 51 – Penitential Devotion and Prophetic Gospel
Psalm 55 – Casting all on the Lord
Psalm 62 – Devotion on the other side of Desperate
Psalm 65 – Praise for all seasons
Psalm 66 – Resilient Thanksgiving
Psalm 67 – A Great Commission Psalm
Psalm 72 – The One Greater Thank Solomon
Psalm 73 – The Arc of Devotion
Psalm 74 – Worshiping in a Crisis
Psalm 76 – God Breaks the Power of Evil
Psalm 78 – Forgetting the Unforgettable
Psalm 80 – The Shepherd of Israel
Psalm 81 – Worship and Obedience
Psalm 82 – The Will of God and the Will to Power
Psalm 84 – The Household of Faith
Psalm 85 – Righteousness and Peace Kiss
Psalm 89 – The Covenant Prayer
Psalm 90 – Teach Us To Number Our Days
Psalm 91 – The Lord Is My Refuge
Psalm 93 – Yahweh’s Rule and Reign
Psalm 94 – Retributive Justice
Psalm 95 – Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Psalm 96 – Evangelistic Worship
Psalm 98 – The Mission of Praise
Psalm 101 – the Passion of Leadership
Psalm 102 – The Faithful Prayer of the Depressed
Psalm 103 – The Salvation Psalm
Psalm 104 – The Creation Psalm
Psalm 105 – The Covenant-Keeping God
Psalm 106 – A Covenant-Breaking People
Psalm 107 – A Covenant Homecoming
Psalm 111 – Hallelujah for his Works
Psalm 112 – Hallelujah for True Human Flourishing
Psalm 113 – Hallelujah for the King who Stoops
Psalm 114 – Hallelujah for the New Creation
Psalm 115 – Hallelujah Forever!
Psalm 116 – Hallelujah for My Salvation
Psalm 117 – Hallelujah, All You Nations
Psalm 118 – Hallelujah Hosanna
Psalm 119 – Prayer and Meditation
Psalm 121 – The Lord Will Keep You
Psalm 122 – The Peace of Jerusalem
Psalm 124 – The Lord’s Deliverance
Psalm 125 – The Justice of Jerusalem
Psalm 128 – The Prosperity of Jerusalem
Psalm 131 – The Contentment of Jerusalem
Psalm 134 – The Blessing of Jerusalem
Psalm 135 – A Great Hallelujah Psalm
Psalm 136 – His Love Never Quits
Psalm 139 – God’s Parental Love
Psalm 141 – A Clear Conscience
Psalm 142 – All Alone, Except the Lord
Psalm 143 – The Good Spirit’s Leading
Psalm 145 – David’s Lord’s Prayer
Psalm 146 – Life Framed By Hallelujahs
Psalm 147 – Sustaining All Things By His Powerful Word
Psalm 148 – All Creation Praise
Psalm 149 – The Saints Victorious
Psalms – Introduction – Lining Up The Psalms
Psalm 150 – Praise the Lord We are not surprised that Jesus’ Prayer Book should end with resounding praise. It is always the time and the place to praise the Lord.
Psalm 149 – The Saints Victorious Psalm 149 picks up where Psalm 148 left off in praise to the Lord who “has raised up for his people a horn” (Ps 148:14). The psalmist develops the arc of salvation from creation to judgment. Psalm 149 celebrates the triumph of all those who have put their trust in God’s redemptive love.
