I’ve often wondered how to be angry and yet not sin because it seems that most anger is self-seeking. For instance, I become angry when I don’t get my way, when someone cuts me off on the road, or when I stub my toe on a piece of furniture that […] Read more
There have been times when I’ve been overwhelmed by sin to such a degree that I wondered if God’s infinite grace could ever overcome my endless ability to sin or if it could purge the dark depths of my depraved soul. I realize this isn’t a great mindset, but if […] Read more
It is easy for me to read Psalm 2 and think it is written about other people, about those who rage against God. But one of the supreme ironies of scripture, for me at least, is that in those moments when I think a passage is about someone else, I find that it is about me. Read more
I know that Psalm 2 is commonly referred to as a royal psalm. I know it was likely used at the coronation of a new king in Jerusalem. I also know that it in some way prophesies about Jesus, the Anointed one, as The King that will someday judge the […] Read more
I’ve often wondered if something was wrong with me in that I asked so many questions of God and his word, until I realized that the Psalms are full of questions from many of God’s servants. This poem was my way of wrestling with this fact. Read more
The following poem is my response to the imagery of the tree in Psalm 1 and how it may be conceptually related to other trees that are found throughout scripture. Read more
What might have been going through Paul’s while on his walk from Troas to Assos as found in Acts 20:13? How would any of us handled the knowledge of coming persecution after a life lived in the service of God? Read more
According to Psalm 1, being blessed of God means that we delight in and meditate on his law. What then does it mean to meditate on Scripture? Furthermore, how active should we allow our imagination in this process? Read more