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
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
As content as a child Psalm 131 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty;I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.2 But I have calmed and quietened myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. 3 Israel, …
Full redemption Redemption in the modern world means going to the pawnbroker's with some money and getting your things that you pawned back. With God it means exactly the same. This is God's world, and God is buying it back. Psalm 130 A song of ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;2 Lord, hear …
Don't let them gaslight you At the beginning of the year, after reading through the Bible twice in two and a half years, I felt that this year was to be one of prayer and worshipping God. One of the things I decided back then to do, once the major festivals of the year were …
Melek Kabod Names of God - Part 59 The King of Glory This is a blog about donkeys and a man riding through a city gate on one of these strong and stubborn but humble creatures. It is also a blog about a song. That song is old, about 3,000 years old written by a …
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Friday 15 June - Sunday 17 June 2018 What we did on our Church Weekend I've always been into the Blues. So much so that I spell it with a capital B. The Blues is not just a music, not just a feeling: The Blues is more personal than that. One …
Intimacy in the Psalms. I once took part in an online discussion on worship styles, Some liked the older style and some more modern styles. On that discussion those who preferred the traditional style of music were in the majority, but that didn't put me off. It is not much use getting into these discussions, …
40% Or did he say 40? No I'm sure it was 40% Even if it was 40, out of 150 it is a significant number, over 26%. That is the number of Psalms which are laments. I can remember the other number, the number of lamenting songs out of the most popular 150 Christian songs …
I have just put a deposit on a new instrument, one of these: What I like is that it is ancient and modern, modern electronic sounds and samples triggered from a traditional folk instrument. http://www.roland.co.uk/products/el_cajon_ec-10/ It will arrive in about two weeks. Then I can start playing with it. I am going to do this …
