Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer
Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer
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The Joy of God’s Promises (Psalm 119:162)
Can you imagine stumbling upon great spoils or treasure of some kind, so that you were suddenly, instantly rich? How much joy would that give you? Do you realize that you already have an even greater treasure the provides a source of even great...
God’s Purpose in Confusing Human Language (Genesis 11:8–9)
What did the Lord’s confusion of human language accomplish, apart from the physical result of scattering humanity over the face of the whole earth? What good came out of it?Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen...
Whom Do You Fear More? (Psalm 119:161)
We’ve made it to the twenty-first stanza of Psalm 119. The psalmist begins this stanza by confronting us with the question: Whom do you fear more—mortal earthly rulers or the eternal God of the universe?Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bac...
Judgment Tempered with Mercy (Genesis 11:6–8)
God did not just confuse everyone’s language randomly and form the people into new groups arbitrarily. He still let the people taste of his mercy.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jes...
The Sum of God’s Word (Psalm 119:160)
The psalmist concludes the twentieth stanza of Psalm 119 by stating, literally, that “the head of [God’s] word is truth.” What does he mean by that?Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4