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In contrast with the character in yesterday’s entry (for Psalm 39), the fellow in this psalm has his heart in the right place. He is in trouble indeed, there is no mistaking that. But what’s also very evident is that God delivered him in the past, and in no uncertain terms, either. That has made […]

V-ati gandit vreodata ce va fi cu noi in viitorul foarte, foarte indepartat? Vom avea parte oare de rai sau “iad”?
Multi crestini din ziua de azi cred ca pot ajunge direct in rai daca n-au facut in viata lucruri foarte rele, daca n-au ucis pe nimeni, daca merg la biserica din cand in cand si […]

The man in this psalm is stressed, and at the point of despair. He’s got desires, and he’s been praying to God about them. He’s secretly nursed anger in his heart toward the “sinners” and their “prosperity”: “my heart had been smouldering within me.” Yet, God doesn’t seem to want to help him, and the […]

The person described here is in physical and mental anguish. He is a sick man, deserted by all, and, he fears, also by God. What is he to do, but to pray? He may or may not have been a believer, and he describes what he has done to get himself into the trouble he’s […]

A very annoying spammer keeps trying to leave spam comments on Dignoscentia, and he’s submitted over 85 of them. Thankfully, Wordpress, my site’s platform, uses a very good spam comment filter called Akismet, so none of them went through. But, since he’s bothering me so much, I thought I’d out him.
So, whoever he is, the […]

I wrote about this psalm yesterday, and today, I want to develop another idea found in it. The upright are defined in all sorts of ways in this psalm, and they’re exhorted to “do good”, or to “do right”. The thing is, how do we know when we’re doing right or wrong? Do we have […]

Chris Blake, associate professor of English and communications at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, has written a wonderful article in the Review detailing the important work that many of us, as Christians, are failing to do, in order to protect the rights and freedoms of all people. It is our rightful duty as Christians to […]