Dignoscentia

(2002, Pacific Health Education Center, Bakersfield, CA)
This book explains the truth and science behind the healing that laughter - and in general, a positive attitude - can bring. It’s a short and delightful read that will leave you smiling.
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I read this psalm repeatedly, over multiple days, before I wrote about it. Every time I read it, what I’m going to talk about stuck out at me like a sore thumb. I just couldn’t get past it. Fair warning: what I’m going to say will go contrary to what you might believe about this [...]

This psalm is an sharp indictment of human deception. It has a mix of eschatological elements and good Old Testament teaching. If you’ve been following along with my posts on the Psalms, you’ll recognize the prophetic passage right away. It goes from verse 1 to verse 6. I’m going to focus on verses 7 through [...]

This psalm introduces two themes, one of which is already well known to most people. It is this: “… when he dies, he will take nothing with him, his wealth will not go down with him.” (verse 17) The second, stated in both verses 12 and 20, is this: “In prosperity people lose their good [...]

De multe ori incercam sa ne amestecam in activitati sau actiuni care consideram ca sunt tocmai potrivite pentru acel moment din viata noastra, incercand sa ne supraapreciem puterea si capacitatile. Nu de putine ori suntem respinsi si tare ne mai miram cum de ni s-a putut intampla tocmai noua asa ceva.
Aceeasi greseala am repetat-o si [...]

At first sight, this psalm sings the praises of Mount Zion and the old, powerful Jerusalem, in particular of God’s protection and blessing upon the city. And I don’t think it’s a mistake to interpret it that way.
Yet there is another way in which one could look at this psalm. Like in Psalm 46, there [...]

My NJB calls this an eschatological hymn. While I agree that it is referring to God, I don’t see it as an end-times psalm. I think this is an Israel-centric psalm, and some things mentioned in it aren’t quite accurate.
Here’s one example: “He brings peoples under our yoke and nations under our feet.” While it’s [...]