"Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For behold, … Continue reading PSALM 73: Strength & Portion
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules. I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word! Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your rules. I hold my life in my hand continually, but I … Continue reading PSALM 119: Words, Lamps & Light
"A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear … Continue reading PSALM 23: Sheep & Shepherds
This post originally appeared on The Veritas Network website. For more information, please visit theveritasnetwork.org This past Sunday, we closed out our a 3-part series called Generosity in All Things. Over the past couple of weeks, we've examined what the Bible teaches about stewardship in three areas: our time, our talents and our treasures. In … Continue reading Redeeming the Time
"Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep." Psalm 127:1-2 It is astonishing to think how greatly we … Continue reading PSALM 127: Laboring in Vain
I recall so clearly sitting in the room for one of my very first seminary classes when the professor walked in and asked us to turn to Psalm 1. Every day, we paused to pray a Psalm just as we did this day. Psalm 1, however, remains locked in my heart and mind like no … Continue reading PSALM 1: A Blueprint
*** Below is a statement I drafted that was signed and submitted to our church. Veritas City Church, It is with a heavy heart that your pastors issue this statement on behalf of our church: With each passing tragedy, let it not be so that our hearts grow immune to the evil that … Continue reading A STATEMENT ON THE SHOOTING AT THE TREE OF LIFE CONGREGATION SYNAGOGUE IN PITTSBURGH, PA
Busy. One startling reality about the world we live in is that majority of people will live their lives entirely in what we might call the tyranny of the urgent. In other words, what governs our lives is not necessarily what we would like to do or even what we need to do; instead, what … Continue reading Table Talk: Intentional Questions for Engaging Your Neighbors
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may … Continue reading “You are the light of the world”
Walter Kaiser is an Old Testament scholar who has a distinguished career in research and writing in the concentration of Old Testament Theology. As a well-published author and sought-after scholar of the Old Testament, his insight into the subject of mission in the Old Testament comes from decades of labor over the text. Kaiser served … Continue reading Book Review: Mission in the Old Testament