by Timothy Shorey | Jan 6, 2021 | The Christian Life
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up…” (Psalm 68:19) Turning the Corner As we turn the corner into a new year, emerging out of an old year that tested us at many levels, the question of faithfulness comes to the fore. What does steady—shall we call...
by Timothy Shorey | Jan 2, 2021 | Songs and Psalmody
Reading: Psalm 22 Our comments: This is Part 2 of our arrangement of Psalm 22. For the full effect those following along may wish to return to last week’s post to review (and perhaps re-sing) Part 1. This psalm is about Jesus on the Cross—and about his ultimate...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 30, 2020 | The Christian Life, Youth
(Part 3 of a twice-a-month series aimed at teens, twenty-somethings, and old folks like me.) Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11 Help in the Middle of Meaninglessness Ecclesiastes and I go way back to 1986, when I was 27. Within a two-year span back then, thirteen people...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 26, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Reading: Psalm 22 Spurgeon Comment: “This is beyond all others The Psalm of the Cross. It may have been actually repeated word by word by our Lord when hanging on the tree; it would be too bold to say that it was so, but even a casual reader may see that it might have...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 24, 2020 | Apologetics, Theology
There can be no denying that the birth of Jesus through the humble virgin named Mary ranks as a miracle of the first order. That a child could be conceived without two parents is not the way it normally happens! But that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t have...
