When Christians talk about the spiritual gifts, they frequently get hung up discussing the so-called charismatic gifts – healing, speaking in tongues, prophecy, etc., but this unfortunately short-circuits the very important discussion about what the spiritual...
Psalm 22 starts out famously with the Cry of Dereliction: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me," the cry of the crucified Son of God at the moment when he stands alone in the abyss of hell for the sake of humanity. But it miraculously ends with a...
Suffering forces us to question everything – what does suffering mean, what's causing it, and what's its purpose? The reality of Psalm 88, though, is that while these questions frequently go unanswered, God – in his son Jesus – walks through...
Dating, since it is a fairly new phenomenon in how humans relate to each other, is not mentioned in the Bible. But the Bible has much to say about romantic relationships, and how we should look for a future spouse. First, the Bible highly values the marriage...
Psalm 132 describes the covenant that God made with David in 2 Samuel 7. But tied up with this promise is the condition that God himself will move into Jerusalem and make it his eternal home. But a short 80 years after God promises this to David the kingdom has been...
