Many Psalms clearly refer to us approaching God in His dwelling place, or communing with the ‘saints.’ But others relate to our interaction with the world around us, the world to which we do not belong. By ‘the world,’ I do not mean the physical planet on which we live, but human-kind, living in ignorance… Read more »
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A stranger on the earth
Psalm 119.19 says; ‘I am a stranger on earth.’ These words introduce, within the longest of the psalms, a theme of conflict. The follower of God finds himself in a hostile environment. In such an environment the word of God remains our guide. It is striking that the previous verse, familiar to many, refers to… Read more »
Christ and the gospel among Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes!
We can now realise the scene, and understand the mutual relations. The existing communities, the religious tendencies, the spirit of the age, assuredly offered no point of attachment – only absolute and essential contrariety to the kingdom of heaven. The “preparer of the way” could appeal to neither of them; his voice only cried “In… Read more »