Dignoscentia

This psalm continues a theme discussed in yesterday’s entry, that of keeping faith in God and going forward with our obeyance of His commandments even when the circumstances are very much against us and He isn’t answering. That theme is even taken further here, since the author writes of not only keeping faith, but praising [...]

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 [...]

Wanted point you to a very good article written about the supposed Gospel of Judas (sic) that will explain its background and the confusion surrounding it. Bottom line: the whole thing smells a little fishy, and no, I don’t mean that in a good way.
Here’s a link to that article.

I received an email today from Amazing Facts regarding the new movie about “The Da Vinci Code” - Dan Brown’s book. I agree with Pastor Doug Batchelor - the author of this article - about the importance of countering the falsehoods present in the book, and in the movie, about Mary Magdalene’s relationship with Our [...]

“My birthright, my cup is Yahweh,” David writes in verse 5. It is interesting how he regards his relationship with God. He sees it as his inheritance. Leaving aside Levitical implications, it is worth it to think how we have a sinful nature by birth - since we are born in sin - and how [...]

In verse 6, David writes: “Goodness and faithful love have been yours for ever, Yahweh, do not forget them.” And again, in verse 10, he writes: “Kindness unfailing and constancy mark all Yahweh’s paths, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.” I read this, and I can’t help thinking about the folks who [...]

I just realized there are three functional parts to this psalm - and that’s not because I chose to divide it this way to make it convenient for me… there really are three parts. They are best seen if you look at the psalm from Jesus’ point of view, as He is on the cross [...]