At first sight this war song is one praising God for victory. But look at the context: The tabernacle is in Salem (later renamed Jerusalem) which dates it to David's reign or early Solomon. From the bringing of the arc to Salem in 2 Samuel 6 to the finishing of the temple the arc of …
Continue reading Let all the neighbouring lands bring gifts — Psalm 76:11
BBC local radio serviceSunday 17th January 2021plus some from Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Holy Trinity Huddersfield seen from the sanctuary Today, i found out listening to the radio in bed, is Quitter Sunday, which marks the time when 75% of people have already broken their New Years' resolutions. Congratulations if you are in the 25%. …
Psalm 75 — Psalms of Asaph The words at the end of this psalm are reflected in the words of Mary in what is now known as the Magnificat, Asaph said: I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,who says, ‘I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the …
Psalm 74 — Psalms of Asaph Who wrote this psalm? There are three possible answers to this question: Someone using the name of Asaph from the time of the Babylonian exile.Asaph prophesying the destruction of Solomon's Temple.Asaph talking about the destruction of the home of the tabernacle at Shiloh There are reasons for each of …
Continue reading Have you rejected us for ever? — Psalm 74:1
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 10th January, 2021 The East window of Holy Trinity Huddersfield The first full week of 2021 started in an expected way: Back into lockdown with an announcement from the Prime Minister on Monday. So Tuesday I was on granddaughter care duties as my daughter and son-in-law are critical workers. Vicar Mike …
Psalm 73 — Psalms of Asaph Asaph is an important guy in the Bible. We talk about the Psalms of David, but Asaph gets equal billing with David as a psalmist in key points in the story of the Jerusalem, at the reforms of Hezekiah and at the rebuilding of the temple and city of …
Continue reading It troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God: Psalm 73:16–17
Yesterday I published a blog with the title "You thought I was exactly like you," a quote from psalm 50. Last night terrorists, breaking away from a rally called by President Donald Trump, who spoke at the rally, said he would lead them to the Capitol building, and praised them afterwards, broke into the Capitol …
Psalm 50 — Psalms of Asaph In my introduction to 2001, I said that this year one of the themes of this blog this year would be worship. I have also lamented in the last year the lack of lamenting as part of worship. These next 12 psalms, written by Asaph, are not only laments, …
Continue reading You thought I was exactly like you: Psalm 50:21
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 3rd January 2021 Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield from Trinity Street. It has been hard to know what day it was this week. New Year's Eve was a Thursday which felt like a Saturday and New Year's Day a Friday that felt like a Sunday. Then there was the real Saturday. On …
BBC local radio serviceSunday 27th December 2020 There was no online service at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield this morning, neither was there a streamed service I could find from my father's church, Christ the King, Battyeford, where I used to worship over 40 years ago. At least there was the BBC radio service broadcast at 8am. …
