Biblical Reflections

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Join host Andrew as he walks us through sections of scripture allowing us to reflect on what God is telling us. Yeah, he is one of those guys who knows Greek. But coming out of a working-class home, he speaks plainly and clearly. His podcasts are thought-provoking and entertaining. His passion for God’s Word comes out in every episode.

  1. 3D AGO

    Psalm 68: A hymn of celebration for God’s continued care

    Psalm 68 is a hymn of celebration for God’s continued care and protection for Israel.  The celebration includes recognizing the defeat of Israel’s enemies is also to benefit the gentile nations, who are constantly at war.  Many scholars believe that David composed this psalm for when the ark was returned to tabernacle in Jerusalem.     1-3 – There is gladness among the faithful when God arises to act.  The righteous are happy because now the wicked will perish.      4-6 – This is a call to praise God with singing, as God especially takes care of the fatherless, the widows, the solitary, and the prisoners.  The rebellious are not blessed.     7-10 – The singer recalls the progress of the nation during the Exodus as they moved through Sinai and into the promised land.    11-14 – The Psalmist now recalls victory that God gave to the nation over the gentile kings who opposed them.  Interesting observation, how the women of a village will go to the next village to spread the news of victory.    15-18 – The destination of the ark is Mt. Zion, not the larger, higher, northern mountain of Bashan. Verse 18 is quoted by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 4.  Paul changes the words.  Here we read God receiving gifts among men.  Paul says in Ephesians 4, that Christ ascended, referring to Psalm 68:18 and that Christ gave gifts to men.  The scholars say that in context we receive gifts from God in order to give them to others.     19-23 – God protects his people from their enemies.      24-27 – Here a procession is described, likely bringing the ark to the sanctuary in Jerusalem.     28-31 – Gentile enemies are described as fierce wild animals, who lust after tribute and who delight in war. But gentile kings will one day bring their tribute and praise to the true God in Zion.    32-35 – Finally, there is a call to all gentile kingdoms of the earth to praise the God of Israel.   The nation of Israel being the light of the true God to the world.

    21 min

  2. APR 14

    Psalm 67: a thanksgiving hymn for a fruitful harvest

    Psalm 67 is a thanksgiving hymn for a fruitful harvest.  God blesses his people Israel so the rest of the world may come to know the true God.    1-3 – May God bless us, the people sing, so that all the nations may know him.   4-5 – May the all the nations be glad in the rule of the true God, who rules justly.    6-7 – God will bless us, his people, so that all the nations of the world will fear him and turn to him.

    8 min

  3. APR 7

    Psalm 66: God’s answer to a personal request

    Psalm 66 is a hymn of thanksgiving for God’s answer to a personal request.  Yet, it is written to highlight that God’s answers to one person are in context of his answering the prayers of the nation and of all the earth.   1-4 – Let all the earth worship the God of Israel based upon his awesome deeds.   5-7 – The singer describes the miracles of the Exodus as evidence of God’s awesome deeds, which result in the basis of all people worshipping God.   8-12 – The singer now recounts how God tested the Hebrew people and brought them through the Exodus to the promised land, a place of abundance.  God has a chosen a special people to bring light and knowledge of God to all the people of the world.   13-15 – Now, the singer gets personal and explains that his offerings at the sanctuary to thank God for answer to his personal prayer.  These offerings are not bribes but gratitude.   16-20 – Because God has answered his prayer, the singer is praising God for all to hear.  Each-and-every person should be able to thank and to praise God for their answered prayers.  Notice that one of the requirements for God to answer your prayer is that you must not cherish iniquity (sin) in your heart.  This is not a requirement to be sinless, but a reminder to thank God and to serve him better.

    11 min

  4. APR 5

    Easter 2025: More than enough

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  5. MAR 31

    Psalm 65: Thanksgiving for a fruitful harvest

    Psalm 65 is a hymn of thanksgiving for a fruitful harvest.  The fruitful harvest is the result of God’s covenant promises.     1-4 – The singer begins with praise for God in Zion.  Blessed are those who are part of the covenant people; they are called to worship God.    5-8 – God is praised for his awesome deeds of creation.  The hope of all the ends of the earth are in this awesome creator.   9-13 – Now the people delight in the abundant harvest that God provided through the showers of rain.

    7 min

  6. MAR 24

    Psalm 64: confidence in God’s victory over the wicked

    Psalm 64 shares the theme with Psalm 63 of confidence in God’s victory over the wicked who pursue David.  Yet, Psalm 64 is an individual lament or request for God’s help against deadly enemies and with confident expectation that God will fight for him.  Psalm 64 presents God’s purpose for his victory as instruction for the faithful and as a way of bringing joy to the godly.   1-6 – David asks that God would hide him from the secret plans of the wicked.  The tools of the wicked in this case are bitter words, lies.   7-10 – But the wicked who shoot bitter words like arrows at the faithful will find that God shoot arrows at them.  The lies of the wicked are turned against them, and they are brought to ruin.  The world looks on in amazement and the faithful rejoice in the LORD.

    6 min

  7. MAR 17

    Psalm 63: with confident expectation

    Psalm 63 is a lament offered with confident expectation.  The idea is to develop confidence in God during times of trouble.  David probably wrote this Psalm as he was fleeing from Absalom.     1-2 – David is apparently inflight and unable to worship at the sanctuary, so he remembers past worship at the sanctuary.  His soul thirsts and his flesh faints for God.   3-4 – David is confident of future worship in the sanctuary.  David anticipates singing, lifting his hands, and praising God.   5-8 – Yet, David states he clings to God wherever he is, even in the watch of the night because God is his help.   9-11 – David then in confidence declares that those who seek his life will fail and die.  As a result, David will rejoice in God.

    8 min

  8. MAR 10

    Psalm 62: Is a call for confidence in God

    Psalm 62 is a call for confidence in God as his people are faced with the wicked who use power and wealth to oppress them.  The temptation in this case is to lose hope and to despair or seek security in power and wealth rather than in God.   1-2 – The singer begins by stating that on God alone and in silence will his salvation come.   3-4 – Next the singer addresses the wicked who attack him with lies and injustice.     5-7 – Verses 5-7 repeat verses 1-2, although the description of “wait in silence” is now and imperative, a command.  In this way the singer expresses confidence in God salvation.   8-10 – Here the singer addresses the faith.  The wicked are but a breath.  Do not trust riches.   11-12 – God’s word is certain.  To say once and then twice is to say that the idea is sure or certain.  In this case, God alone has power and steadfast love, and God will judge a man’s heart by his deeds.  We see the same sentiment in the New Testament Book of James chapter 2, where faith is displayed by ones works.

    8 min
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Join host Andrew as he walks us through sections of scripture allowing us to reflect on what God is telling us. Yeah, he is one of those guys who knows Greek. But coming out of a working-class home, he speaks plainly and clearly. His podcasts are thought-provoking and entertaining. His passion for God’s Word comes out in every episode.

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