Tag: praise
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Reflecting on Psalm 149 and Psalm 150
When do we praise God, and what do we praise God for? Does that praise come easily to us, or do we find that we need coaching? This is one big question that might come to mind as we reflect on the psalms we are studying for Sunday, October 30: Psalm 149 and Psalm 150.…
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Studying Psalm 149 and Psalm 150
HALLELUJAH! We all know that much Hebrew – because it IS Hebrew, as is Amen. We’ll have “Hallelujah!” on our minds this week, because we are studying Psalm 149 and Psalm 150 for Sunday, October 31. That’s also Reformation Sunday, for the Protestantly inclined. Here are a few notes on these texts: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT:…
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Palm/Passion Sunday
Yesterday was one of those days that never end. That didn’t make it a bad day – far from it. But it didn’t end until long after it ended. On the church side, our pastor talked about how nature worships God. The elements of nature worship and praise God by being what they are, what…
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Notes on Psalm 34
One of the Uniform Series texts for Sunday, May 27 is Psalm 34:1-10, the exuberant beginning of this “wisdom” psalm. Here are my notes on that text:
Matters of Interpretation 