Here is another psalm that examines the problem of evil. This one is communal rather than individual. It is a late psalm, seemingly after the

This psalm addresses a problem that has concerned godly people through the ages. Why is it that the wicked often prosper while the righteous suffer?

An editorial in a Swazi newspaper once began, “The task of a government is to provide services to its people.” Many would agree with that

Psalm 71 This is a complex psalm. It would be difficult to structure a brief lesson that covers all of it. Instead, let us focus

This psalm is virtually identical to 40:13-17. The existence of psalm 70 reminds us that the Lord honours abbreviated prayers. Ideally our prayers should contain

This is one of three psalms most often quoted by the New Testament (pslam 22 and 110, being the others). Most of those quotations are

Several scholars consider Psalm 68 the most difficult Psalm to translate and understand. Marvin Tate notes that this psalm contains 15 hapax legomena, and an

Lesson Number Two Text: 1 John 2:3-17 This article is the second of ten drawn from the book of I John – the first published

Everything in life has a purpose. We would do well to give more thought to these purposes. We are often forced to think about the

In the early church this psalm was associated with the coming of the Magi because it calls “all the earth” to praise God (1). Yet,

People will sometimes react to the same event in totally different ways. When Covid numbers began to improve in New York, someone suggested that the

It is common to want lots of friends and few, if any, enemies. Will Rogers claimed to have “never met a man he didn’t like.”