Psalm 91I usual don't have much time for anonymous notes but I will make an exception this time. Unlike the first five psalms we looked at we don't really know who wrote Psalm 91. There are a couple of different opinions but we don't know for sure. In the first five Psalms in this series…
Forgiveness of the Righteous
It wasn't read a part of the scripture this morning but most of your bibles contain a one line introduction to this Psalm, the KJV beats around the bush a little bit here when it says "To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone…
Whiter than White
I had forgotten how white, white was supposed to be, until I saw how white, white was again. Say that sentence real fast a few times! We had our house washed the other day and while I knew that it was a little grimy, it wasn't until the first section was finished and we could…
The Deliverance of the Righteous
Psalm 40A hundred and twenty years ago the Hymn writer wrote "He brought me out of the miry clay, he set my feet on the rock to stay", and it is a great hymn, but not all that original. David wrote the same sentiments three thousand years before Henry Zelley put pen to paper. But…
There We Went. . . Not!
What do you say when you've already said it all? It is interesting that Harold Camping and his followers have been conspicuously silent since the weekend came and went without all the true believers having come and gone. Not even an "oops" or "I'm sorry". And so millions of dollars were spent and who knows…
The Protection of the Righteous
It is probably the best known psalm in the western world and possibly the best known scripture period. It is loved by Jews and Christians alike and probably the reason is that it is an incredibly positive Psalm, all up beat and uplifting. It has been quoted and misquoted, it's on plaques and mugs and…
The End is Near (Again)
If you are able to read this again on Sunday, either he was wrong or you were. In case you haven't heard the Rapture is supposed to happen this Saturday at 6:00 p.m., Eastern time I presume. I have seen the billboards myself, once in Accra Ghana and then last week in Dartmouth so I…
The Despair of the Righteous
Psalm 22My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? And so begins the cry of the Psalmist's heart in the 22nd Psalm. Some have called this the Psalm of the Cross and point to several parallels between this scripture and the story of the crucifixion of Christ. The Psalm begins with the words: Psalm…
Not a Prophet but. . .
I don't really consider myself a prophet, but (there's that pesky "but" again) five years ago I predicted that once the same sex marriage legislation was passed the courts would have to deal with polygamy, and here we are. For the past little while, the BC Supreme Court has been dealing with a case to…
The Joy of the Righteous
Psalm 1I love this Psalm, absolutely love it and when we asked for suggestions on what Psalms people wanted included in this series this was my pick.Now before we look at the first Psalm just a little intro material.So here we are in the Psalms, which are quite accurately considered to be the song book…