The Psalms for TodayWestminster John Knox Press, 2008 - 93 pages |
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... are included at the end of each chapter. We hope the books in this series will be important resources to enhance Christian faith and life. The Publisher 1 What Are the Psalms ? On the surface , / vii Series Introduction.
... are included at the end of each chapter. We hope the books in this series will be important resources to enhance Christian faith and life. The Publisher 1 What Are the Psalms ? On the surface , / vii Series Introduction.
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... continued throughout the West- ern and Eastern Christian churches.3 A second tradition also developed of reciting the psalms as part of the church liturgy in the Eucharist and as a part of the daily office / 1 First Chapter.
... continued throughout the West- ern and Eastern Christian churches.3 A second tradition also developed of reciting the psalms as part of the church liturgy in the Eucharist and as a part of the daily office / 1 First Chapter.
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... chapters , I will take a different approach and look at selected psalms as a way to better under- stand our relationship with God and each other . As a result , the study begins in the same place the Bible does , with creation . It will ...
... chapters , I will take a different approach and look at selected psalms as a way to better under- stand our relationship with God and each other . As a result , the study begins in the same place the Bible does , with creation . It will ...
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... chapters will focus on who we are , or better yet , who God wants us to be . Along the way , we will also learn a great deal about God , for we cannot speak of being created in God's image without learning about the one in whose image ...
... chapters will focus on who we are , or better yet , who God wants us to be . Along the way , we will also learn a great deal about God , for we cannot speak of being created in God's image without learning about the one in whose image ...
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... Chapter 5 will discuss God's power as Sovereign of the uni- verse in more detail. But, for the moment, think of the miracle it is that babies are born and live to babble and laugh. No matter what we do to each other, we can see God's ...
... Chapter 5 will discuss God's power as Sovereign of the uni- verse in more detail. But, for the moment, think of the miracle it is that babies are born and live to babble and laugh. No matter what we do to each other, we can see God's ...
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Page 3 - Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place In all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
Page 77 - I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Page 71 - The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Page 17 - I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Page 43 - I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my might,1' and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 70 - Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to Your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin!
Page 44 - The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. "Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth. "He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. "'"Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Page 32 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
Page 18 - All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Page 32 - You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.