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Category Archives: Psalms
A Biblical Concept of God Gives Rise to Lament Not Apathy
In the atmosphere of contemporary Western Christianity, when someone voices a lament with the intensity frequently found in the Psalms, it is not uncommon for them to be looked at aghast or derided for their deficient faith and concept of … Continue reading
Posted in Psalms, Theodicy (Evil and Suffering)
Tagged apathy, apophatic theology, attributes of God, evil, feeling, lament, psalm 10, psalm 74, sovereignty, spirituality, suffering, trust, violence
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Asking God the Right Question
Whenever there are times of great difficulty, pain or suffering, we naturally ask God questions. I once heard someone remark that in a certain instance people were “asking God the wrong questions.” The notion of asking God the “wrong question” … Continue reading
Posted in Psalms, Theodicy (Evil and Suffering)
Tagged comfort, feeling, Prayer, suffering
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How to Pray the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer (Part 4) – The Psalms
The Book of Psalms is an incredible gift of God to the Church. Regularly singing the entire book of Psalms is the spiritual practice I commend to people most frequently. Their uniqueness lies in while most of Scripture portrays the history … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer, Psalms
Tagged Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, daily office, feeling, gnosticism, Liturgy, Martin Luther, personal experience, Prayer, Psalms
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Ascension Day???
I am gathering that Ascension Day has come to such a low place of recognition because in the average evangelical consciousness, the possible meaning for the ascension is rather opaque. Perhaps, if at all, it is endowed with a negative meaning – Jesus is no longer with us in person. We are alone to do what he told us to do until he finally comes back. I hope in the following to merely in outline, amend this theological lacuna, which turns out to be significantly more practical and pastoral than one at first might imagine. Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology (Humanity), Ascension, Eschatology (Last Things), Hebrews, Paul, Psalms
Tagged ascension, authority, destiny, heaven, hope, inaugurated eschatology, promise
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Becoming what we behold
For some time I’ve been pondering the notion that we become like what we worship. Recognizing this as a biblical principle (2 Cor. 3:18, amongst others), I’ve wondered how exactly it works. I’ve come up with a theory, not attempting to fully explain the concept, but perhaps to give perhaps one reason why worship has a transformative effect. Continue reading
New Exodus – Part 4 – The Ending of Exile and the Forgiveness of Sins
Last time, I wrote about the “new exodus,” describing it as a way of speaking of the ending of the Jewish exile while investing it with the epochal significance of replacing the Exodus as the defining event in Israel’s history … Continue reading
Posted in Atonement, Bible, Hamartiology (Sin), Isaiah, Psalms
Tagged exile, forgiveness, individualism, new exodus, Sin
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New Exodus – Part 3 – The Ending of Exile
I realize that this is the third post thus far entitled “new exodus” and I have as of yet mentioned neither what the New Exodus in fact is nor its significance. Instead, I have given thoughts on the divine name … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, exile, Israel, N.T. Wright, new exodus, promise, restoration
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