by afladmin | Jun 4, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn On the eve of our elections, Psalm 146 has (at least) two words for us to consider. First, we put not our trust in princes. We look to no political savior. This is not to say that all leaders are equivalent—both Scripture and our own...
by afladmin | Jun 4, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The Scriptures have a way of reducing to absurdity the self-justifying questions that we often ask. For instance, when Jesus was asked “who is my neighbor?” by a lawyer who wanted to know who he was required to love and who he was...
by afladmin | Jun 4, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn How strange Psalm 127 sounds to our modern ears: “Children are a blessing. A reward! A heritage! And blessed is the man who has many!” This celebration of children is not peculiar to Psalm 127, but is the consistent testimony of the...
by afladmin | Jun 4, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The psalm draws a parallel between those at ease and the prideful. How often pride and ease go hand in hand. Money is power. Pride, likewise, hungers for power, for preeminence. It is these who scorn the servants of the LORD, who...
by afladmin | Jun 4, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn There are certain places in Scripture worth building one’s life upon. Exodus 34:6-7 is one of those places. After Israel sinned by creating and worshipping a golden calf, Moses intercedes, pleading that God would not destroy...
