The Blessings of Refuge
A refuge is a place of safety, a place of protection, a place of security. When “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1), three wondrous blessings are enjoyed: Send article as PDF
Author: jchowning
A Royal Wedding–Part 2
When God’s word concerning marriage is understood and obeyed, few things in life are more anticipated than the day of one’s wedding. In Psalm 45, the pen of its ready writer portrays the groom’s splendor in verses 2 to 9. Unlike any earthly…
A Royal Wedding–Part 1
A Royal Wedding—Part 1 Through the centuries, the pomp and pageantry of royal weddings have been of keen interest to many people. Nothing within the superscription or the text of Psalm 45 indicates the specific persons involved in the wedding that is the occasion…
When Life Does Not Make Sense
Someone has wryly noted that “it is hard to see the big picture when you’re inside the frame.” Because of our extremely limited perspective, life does not always make sense to us. This was the case for the penman of Psalm 44. …
Battling Depression
Some difficulties in life may go away without a fight. Depression, however, is not one of them. Psalms 42 and 43 indicate that the dark foe called depression attacked David and sought to overwhelm and destroy him and his faith using three tidal…
Getting out of the Deep, Dark Pit of Depression
Few people have fought their way out of the deep, dark pit of depression better than David and Job did. Each did it without a medical doctor’s prescription! Send article as PDF
The Deep Dark Pit of Depression
In Psalms 42 and 43 we find David in the deep, dark pit of depression. Because of all the superficial, always-be-positive cheap imitations of faith in our world today, the thought of a godly man having to deal with depression is unthinkable. Yet,…
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Because He was made like His brethren in all things, Jesus experienced the vile and vicious treatment described in Psalm 41:7-9. Here it is written: “All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they devise my hurt. ‘An evil disease,’ they say, ‘clings to him. …
Confident Hope
The law of sowing and reaping is universal—you reap what you sow, you reap later than you sow, and you should reap more than you sow. Though there may be occasions in your life when it appears that this law has been violated,…
In the Scroll of the Book
The transmission—or copying—of the books of the Bible is a most amazing study. Prior to the creation of papyrus (the ancient equivalent of paper) and thus the ability to put all the books of Scripture into one volume, each Bible book was contained…