Post Everything is a Gift From God Psalm 147, leading up to this verse, describes how God controls nature and provides for all the needs of His creations. In that context, our verse states that although God… Read More
Post Awareness of God Starts From the Top What blessings does God need? Psalm 135:21 begins, “Blessed is the LORD from Zion.” The obvious question is, does God really need to be blessed by us? What are we… Read More
Post The Power of Remembering Jerusalem Psalm 137 is a lament over the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of Israel. The psalmist responds to the sarcastic taunting of his captors who ask the exiled Jews… Read More
Post The Portion of Shemot The portion of Shemot tells us of the Israelites’ slavery in Egypt, and sets the stage for their redemption over the three following portions. It recounts how Jacob’s small family… Read More
Post Should We be Ashamed of Samson? Powerful warriors don’t fare very well in the Bible, to put it kindly. When Og, the giant warrior King of Bashan, attacked the people of Israel in the wilderness, Moses… Read More
Post From Rebellion to Redemption King David wrote psalms for every occasion. If he was happy, he sang to God. If he was sad, he sang to God. And these psalms were used for the… Read More
Post The Sacred Duty of Caring for the Ill The most wonderful thing happened to me this morning. My wife got sick. I don’t mean to say that it is wonderful that my wife got sick. What I mean… Read More
Post Riding a Bike God-Style I recently visited a friend who has a four-year-old son. His son had just learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels. My friend had spent hours running behind his… Read More
Post Eager for life? Guard Your Tongue Leviticus goes into great detail describing the disease of tzaraat and the ensuing process of purification. Though usually mistranslated as leprosy, tzaraat is, in fact, a physical affliction resulting from a… Read More
Post How Many Plagues Were There? Every schoolchild knows that Egypt was struck by ten plagues before the Hebrews were set free. But a different count is given in Psalms and several different options for enumerating… Read More
