Podcast Introduction Today our reading is Psalms45-47. I’m calling the episode “It Is Good To Be His.” Comments on Psalms 45-47 Introduction to Psalm 45 The title of this psalm is To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love. According to Matthew Henry’s Commentary,…
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Podcast Introduction Today our reading is 1Psalms 42-44. I’m calling the episode “Thirsty.” Comments on Psalms 42-44 Introduction to Psalm 42 This is the first psalm of Book Two of Psalms. There are certainly differences between books one and two. One difference is the Hebrew word for God. Commentator James Montgomery Boice wrote, “According to…
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Podcast Introduction Today Psalms 39-41. I’m calling the episode “Our Only Hope .” Comments on Psalms 39-41 Introduction to Psalm 39 The title of this psalm is “To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.” It is thought by some that the Chief Musician is God. Others believe that it could be a leader…
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Podcast Introduction Today we’re going to read Psalms 36-38, and I’m calling the episode “Schemers.” Comments on Psalm 36 The title of this psalm is “For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.” There are only two psalms that use the phrase “the Lord’s servant.”: Psalm 18 and Psalm 36. In Psalm…
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Podcast Introduction Today we’re going to read Ps 33-35, and I’m calling the episode “Praise God Always”, and instead of commenting after the reading, I’m again going to give you an introduction to each psalm before reading them. I’ll tell you the results of the survey today, as promised. And we’ll learn what happened on…
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Podcast Introduction Today we’re going to read Psalms 30-32, and I’m calling the episode “_David Sings the Blues_” This title in in reference specifically to chapter 31. And it might surprise you that there actually is such a thing as Christian blues music. I really like blues music, and several years ago, when I was…
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Transcript Podcast Introduction Hello! and welcome to Season 12, episode 2 of the Lifespring Family Audio Bible. This is episode 2, but it’s really the first official full episode of this year’s reading through the Bible. The first episode was a sort of introduction to the show, highlighting some of the new things we’ll be…
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Thoughts What Is Heaven Like? What is your idea of what Heaven is like? What will we be doing? Of course we have no way of really knowing everything, but the Bible gives us some idea of at least part of what life will be like. In the book of Revelation, chapter 5, verse 13…
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Thoughts Praise the Lord! The last six chapters of the book of Psalms are psalms (songs) of praise. Beginning with Psalm 145, which is the last Psalm attributed to David, and ending with Psalm 150, God is praised. I find that appropriate. Don’t you? Twentieth century theologian James Montgomery Boice said of the final five…
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Thoughts Make A List As I was reading chapter 145, I began to think of the blessings in my life. Have you ever sat down and made a list of all the blessings in your life? All the good things from your past and from the present, and even your future? It’s a great exercise….
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