In worldly terms, those who serve the god of this world have every conceivable advantage over those seeking to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age. Like Goliath, the forces of evil have an imposing, intimidating presence. The godly’s defeat looks to…
From the days of Cain and Abel to the end of time, all who desire to live godly lives will suffer persecution and mistreatment from the ungodly. Psalms 140-144 are five psalms ascribed to David; each is written while he was in the…
David was a man after God’s own heart for many reasons, Psalm 139 illustrates two of them. Send article as PDF
Although David sought more thoughts of God in his life than the number of grains of sand on the earth, he was by no means “so heavenly minded that he was of no earthly good”. Send article as PDF
In a Newsweek article published over twenty years ago (March 3, 1997), there was a special report on “How a Child’s Brain Develops”. Although King David was not privy to any of this scientific research, he still marveled long ago: “For You formed…
David’s tribute to God’s omnipotence in Psalm 139 is focused upon the prenatal development of an unborn human. Of all the amazingly powerful things that Jehovah has created—the extraordinary energy within an atom, the vast oceans of water, the brute strength of an…
One reason a wise father gives his children a curfew is because of the increase of evil done at night. As the apostle Paul observed, “those who get drunk are drunk at night” (1 Thessalonians 5:7). Thieves prefer doing their work in the…
In David’s tribute to the Jehovah’s omnipresence in Psalm 139, he declares two inescapable truths. Send article as PDF
The omniscience (“omni” = “all” + “science” = “knowledge”) of God is not taught in Scripture as some vague, abstract concept. It is something that is incredibly personal and extremely detailed: “O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and…
No human has comprehensive, exhaustive knowledge of God. As Paul emphatically declares in Ephesians 3:20, “He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think. Psalm 139 reflects this poignant truth. Send article as PDF
