Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 27

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
of David1. Yahweh is my light and my salvation.Whom shall I fear?Yahweh is the strength of my life.Whom shall I dread?2. When the evil ones come upon me,To eat my flesh,My adversaries and enemies to me,They stumble and fall.3. If a camp would encamp against me,My heart will not fear.If battle would rise against me,In…

Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 26

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
of David1. Judge me, Yahweh,For I in my integrity have walked,And in Yahweh I have trusted.I will not slip.2. Examine me, Yahweh, and test me.Refine my kidneys and my heart.3. For Your lovingkindness is in front of my eyes,And I have walked about in Your truth.4. I have not sat with men of vanity,And with…

A New Book Due Soon

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
In Songs of the Savior: The Person, Life and Work of Christ in All the Psalms, Ken Hanko offers a remarkable contribution to biblical theology and Christian worship. With exegetical care and theological depth, he demonstrates how the Psalter unfolds the person and work of Christ—revealing Him as both God and Man, our true Prophet,…

Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 25

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
Psalm 25 does not look much like a Messianic psalm. Yet there is no reason to exclude our Lord Jesus Christ from it, and there are good reasons why we should think of it too as His song. The Psalm has a rough chiastic structure (see this article: https://expoundtheword.com/chiasm-psalm-25) and three kinds of material. At…

Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 24

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
A Psalm of David1. To Yahweh the earth and its fulness belong,The world and those who dwell in it.2. For He on the seas has founded it,And on the floods He will establish it.3. Who will ascend into the hill of Yahweh,And who will rise up in the place of His holiness?4. The one clean…

Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 23

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
Psalm 23 is so obviously about Jesus that we hardly need to say anything. The opening words of the psalm make us think immediately of our Lord's words in John 10: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." But there is a difference between the two passages. In…

Thoughts on the Words of Institution

Posted inLord's Supper
In the church of which I am a member, we celebrate the Lord's Supper weekly and our pastor almost always reads a short form explaining its meaning and proper use. This form also prescribes the words with which the pastor exhorts the congregation to partake. "Take, eat, remember and believe that the body of our…

About the Fear of God

Posted inFear of God
"Because [the pious mind] sees him to be a righteous judge, armed with severity to punish wickedness, it ever holds his judgment seat before its gaze, and through fear of him restrains itself from provoking his anger. And yet it is not so terrified by the awareness of his judgment, as to wish to withdraw,…

To the Glory of God

Posted inGlory of God
As Christians we talk often (and rightly so) about doing all things to the glory of God. We also have an instinctive sense of the meaning of that behavior. But if you were asked precisely what it means, what would you say? Spending some time looking into what the Scriptures have to say about the…

Christ in All the Psalms: Psalm 22

Posted inChrist in the Psalms
To the Chief Musician. Upon the Deer of the Dawn. a Psalm of David1. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?Why are you far from my salvation,From the words of my roaring?2. O My God, I cried by day and you did not answer,And by night, and there was no silence for me.3.…