There are many places in the Bible that encourage [command?] Christians to “Praise the Lord!” How obedient are you to this command? Pastor Alan shared about a group who praises God from 4:30 to 6:30 daily. Wow! Not sure most of us can compare with that. So why the command? And why so often? Praise […]
A well known Scripture, yet Alan Conrow presented this Psalm in a very relevant way. Jesus is My Shepard
Someone once said that questions begin a cycle of learning. There are some interesting questions in the Bible. In Genesis God asked the man and woman, “Where are you?” God asks Job, “Where were you…?” And in Psalm 139 the psalmist is asking if he can escape the presence of God? If he can “fool” […]
One of the hard to believe facts in the Bible is that King David is said to be a man after God’s own heart. Really?! This seem incredulous once we understand that David committed some pretty nasty sins, including adultery and murder. How to reconcile these contradictory realities? Pastor Phil Burch leads us through Psalm […]
Lots of things can get us feeling not very good; physical health, finances, relationships, habits, etc. King David must have experienced this similar to how we might. Psalm 13 seems to be his reaction. Pastor Shaw’s sermon on Sunday focused on David’s seeming dispare, then his prayer and finally on his praise. SB_20150906_Shaw
Our own Martin Rossol focused our attention on the Book of Psalms this fifth Sunday of Lent. What is so special about Psalms that we take time for them? And even if we do, how are we in 2015 to understand songs and poems written to Semitic people 3000-5000 years ago? Martin’s thoughts might not […]
How do ‘dry desert’ and ‘thirst quenched’ find their way into the same sentence? Pastor Alan Conrow’s sermon today directed our thoughts to Psalm 63, where the Psalmist uses the image of a parched mouth and the longing for water to describe the longing he has for God. For God’s nearness, and comfort, and all […]
Psalm 48. [podcast]http://www.stonebridgepres.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/SB_100523_DRose.mp3[/podcast]