Dignoscentia

This is the prayer of a Levite in exile, longing to be restored to God’s Temple. I like the metaphor used in the second verse to refer to the Temple, namely, “the high rock”. We meet this image throughout the Bible when referring to God’s Word, or to Jesus Christ - the two being the […]

Just watched a great video today, which compares evolution and creation cogently and truthfully. I invite all of you to watch it as well, because it helps dispel many of the falsehoods floating around nowadays. Please, take some time and get the truth on evolution and creation.
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A tone of wailing can be heard throughout this psalm. Pain and defeat are confessed, and help is asked of God. It’s a tortured prayer, after a battle that’s left Israel in a pretty sorry state. “God, you have rejected us…” the author cries out. A better exclamation would have been, “God, what have we […]

This wonderful article, written by Gary Swanson, shows how superhero stories like Hercules or Superman borrow from the real life story of Jesus in order to appeal to our need for salvation and for God. After you read the article, I know you too will realize, as some thinkers have said, that “the universal human […]

Clearly written by David, this psalm of prayer begs God for protection from killers sent by Saul to prowl around David’s house and dispatch him if possible.
If these men were indeed sent by Saul, what I find interesting is that there’s no mention of him in the psalm. Instead of focusing on the originator of […]

Dishonest judges, out to profit and cause harm, are severely chided and threatened with divine punishment in this psalm. The punishments David (or the author of the psalm) has in mind for them are quite un-Christian, and truly violent. Here’s a sample: “The upright will rejoice to see vengeance done, and will bathe his feet […]