Unlike Psalms 52 and 54, there is nothing in the superscription of Psalm 55 that hints of the exact historical context of this Maschil. That David has been recently betrayed is unmistakable: “my heart is severely pained within me…horror has overwhelmed me…it is…
One of the more unpleasant facts of life is the truth that each of us will face betrayal. Every person will have his/her own Judas. Send article as PDF
A fundamental and egregious intellectual flaw of atheism is that unless an atheist is omniscient (all-knowing), he cannot legitimately say, “I know that there is no God.” Only an omniscient being would have the necessary and adequate body of knowledge to know whether…
A number of years ago I read a fascinating book by R. C. Sproul titled If There is a God, Why are there Atheists?: A Surprising Look at the Psychology of Atheism. The thesis of the book is that people have chosen atheism…
The key to learning is repetition. The key to learning is repetition. The key to learning is repetition. Send article as PDF
Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Because of Doeg’s malicious and false insinuation to a paranoid king, the entire city of Nob—“both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep”—was so completely destroyed that…
From the time of his youthful conquest of Goliath until his death as king about fifty years later, David’s life was associated in some way with the highest levels of Israel’s government. His initial association was in serving in King Saul’s court as…
He who thinks thanks. When David had completed his meditation on the riches of God’s goodness in his life (Psalm 21:1-12), he burst forth in thankful praise: “Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power” (v….
When it comes to thanksgiving, Americans tend to think of a day, not a daily sacrifice. This is not true of those who composed the psalms. Send article as PDF
The Scriptures record the death of two of David’s sons. One—the result of his adultery with Uriah’s wife—died in infancy at the age of one week (2 Samuel 12:15-23); the other—Absalom—died as a young man in a coup attempt against the King, Jehovah’s…
