Psalms of David When we read the Bible prayerfully the Bible reads us, penetrating beneath the well-polished exterior to inside to what only God sees. I simply ask that you read the passage below prayerfully and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you about how you are inside. Psalms in Book 2 are like …
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What would happen if... ... we used AI to rewrite the Bible? Image from Wikimedia Commons I'm having a bit of fun looking at how the beta AI functions in WordPress affect the Bible. I.ve already used AI to simplify a complex piece of Augusine's writing and to summarise Matthew chapter 24. Now I'm using …
The joy of confession—Psalm 51
Psalms of David This is a Psalm of David, written after the prophet Nathan confronted him about his affair with Bathsheba. David pleads for God's mercy and forgiveness, expressing his deep remorse for his sins. He acknowledges that he has sinned against God alone and asks for purification and renewal. David promises to teach others …
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What would happen if... ... we used AI to rewrite the Bible? This is just a side project for the holiday months. (A note to those in the USA, in Britain our use of holidays without a disclaimer to mean those weeks in summer when school is out before ter starts again in September.) Instead …
Blues—Psalm 41
Psalms of David This is it, the last song in the first book of Psalms. Like the Psalms towards the end of this first book, it is Messianic, Jesus himself quoted it as referring to himself, but also a lament. That laments are often prophetic in the Bible is not to be underestimated. Psalms in …
Deliverance-Psalm 40
I had prepared a blog on Psalm 40 when I realised that my Church, Holy Trinity Huddersfield, were having a sermon on that passage. My version is my previous post. This is the church version. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.2 He drew me up …
The bog-hole—Psalm 40 and 70
Psalms of David Psalm 70 is the same as Psalm 40 verses 13-17. The psalm previou to it, Psalm 69, also mentions the miry bog or bog hole, so there is a connection between that psalm and this one. I started looking at the Psalms in Book 1 of the Psalms just over a year …
It ends with grace—Titus 3:15
The prayers of Paul I started this series on the prayers of Saint Paul found in his writings in the New Testament back on the first Friday of August 2022. This last post was published on the last Friday of July 2023. It has been a year, though there have been breaks for Advent and …
Say nowt?—Psalm 39
Psalms of David There's a Yorkshire motto: "See all, 'ear all, say nowt.Eat all, sup all, pay nowt.And if tha ivver does owt for nowtDo it for thissen."* I find this motto to be too selfish to be Christian. -o0o- Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are primarily personal songs, so I will …
Making an ass of myself 