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…

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. …

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…

Reasons for Trusting Jehovah

     The Bible is full of beatitudes.  The book of Revelation alone has seven in it.  The greatest sermon in human history begins with an entire octave of beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-10).  The very first word in the book of Psalms is “blessed”.  Psalm 40:4 pronounces…