We’re spending our summer months looking at the Psalms of Ascent. These were psalms that were sung by the people of God as they traveled from their homes to the city of Jerusalem in order to participate in the annual feasts and celebrations. But these songs were more than just a
“playlist” for the journey.
As Mark shared last week, we are using these summer months to look at the Psalms of Ascent—these fifteen psalms from Psalm 120 to Psalm 134 that were sung by Jewish travelers as they journeyed from their homes to the city of Jerusalem in order to participate in the annual feasts. Today we’re looking at…
So, how many of us grew up hearing things like “baptism is a sacred moment” or “communion is a sacred, solemn time?” I think that’s a lot of us! And, especially when we are younger, we don’t tend to fathom what that really means, to experience a sacred moment, largely in part because we haven’t…
“Who is Jesus?” is one of the most frequently asked questions in our world. Many people recognize him as a good man, a great moral teacher. Some would affirm him as God’s son but nothing more; while others assert, he was among the many prophets who spoke for God. So, the opinions vary but all…
This summer we’ve been discussing “Habits of Grace.” Habits that should be alive and well in the Christian’s life because they’ve drunk deeply from God’s fountain of grace and they’re being sustained by it. We’ve discussed personal habits (scripture, sabbath and supplication). And corporate habits (mission & forgiveness). Today we’ll add to the corporate list…
Today marks the beginning of our OT summer series and we’ll be looking at the Psalms of Ascent. Which are a collection of fifteen Psalms in the Psalter (Ps. 120-134). The Hebrew term for “ascent” carries the sense meaning “going up” or “ascending in procession.” Notes
We’ve spent these summer months looking at habits of grace found in both the OT/NT: things like hospitality and confession, kindness and supplication, lament and hope, sacraments and fellowship. And as we’ve said from the very beginning of this series, not one of these habits is to be understood as an onerous task rooted in…
