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A spate of ads on TV has promoted home security systems. An intruder gets scared away by a siren and a recorded warning voice. I have at times thought of investing...
Read MoreThe second part of the psalm mentions “a doorkeeper in the house of my God.” I think of doorkeepers as a cross between ushers and custodians. While I was in seminary,...
Read MoreThis psalm is a song sung by pilgrims who yearn for God’s presence. After a long and arduous journey, what can be better than to arrive in “the courts of the...
Read MoreSolomon is wise enough to know that the house of prayer receives blessing only when it opens itself and welcomes the “foreigner” and outsiders from “a distant land.” For Israel, this...
Read MoreJesus’ forbears had an ambivalent relationship with temples and houses of worship. On the one hand, the human impulse to “contain” God led to shrines and tabernacles on a grand scale....
Read MoreWhen Jesus starts talking about his body as bread and his blood as drink, the people are understandably perplexed, and perhaps a bit mortified. The apostle Paul explains it this way,...
Read MoreGet drunk on God, on music, on conversation—this is what God’s word recommends, especially when the days are evil. Unlike being drunk on wine, this sort of intoxication isn’t a form...
Read MoreIt is difficult to make the most of every opportunity when we worry about the future. It is difficult to make the most of every opportunity when we spend time reliving...
Read MoreOften in life, our fears obstruct our wisdom. Fears—flaming, screaming, whimpering distractions—keep us from our path. Fear is so often the enemy of what is good. This is why the scriptures...
Read MorePonder, delight, remember, extol. The psalmist employs these four verbs (as translated in the New International Version) in today’s psalm. Do these encompass what it means to fear the Lord? To...
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