Jehovah’s Mercy and Faithfulness

       According to its superscription, Psalm 89 is intended to be instructive.  Ethan’s Maschil focuses on Jehovah’s mercy and faithfulness; this is introduced at the outset: “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to…

The Righteousness of Mercy

       The portrait of a righteous person etched by Jesus in the Beatitudes is profoundly simple and simply profound.  Beginning with a foundation of a right view of God, self, and sin, Jesus’ description moves to the proper use of one’s will and the…