Psalm 81 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson             Robert Godfrey in Learning to Love the Psalms writes, “In a sense, it (Psalm 81) is the central psalm in the book…

Psalm 80 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence This psalm is another psalm of lament.  After an initial invocation by the psalmist calling for God’s help, in vv. 4-6, Asaph voices his…

Psalm 79 by Pastor David Groendyk It’s clear that this psalm was written during some great disaster that fell upon Israel. The sheer brutality of this event stands out. The…

Psalms 78 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson             This long Psalm (72 verses) is called a parable which a flexible term in the Bible.  This use is more of a…

Psalm 76 Devotional by Pastor David Groendyk One common literary device in Hebrew poetry is called ‘parallelism’ where an author describes one thought in two different ways in back-to-back lines.…

Psalms 75 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson             This is not a Psalm that is well-known or as popular as Ps 23, 51, 73, 119, etc. but this is still…

Psalm 74 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence            Asaph begins this psalm with a heart-wrenching question: “O God, why do you cast us off forever?”  Of course, the Lord had not…

Psalm 73 by Pastor David Groendyk Right above Psalm 73 in my Bible is a header that says BOOK THREE. The Psalms are broken down into five Books. The first…

2 Thessalonians 3 by Pastor Mark Hudson I would like to concentrate our attention to the section beginning  with chapter 3 verse 6.  The church in Thessalonica possessed definite opinions…

2 Thessalonians 2 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence                 Because Paul and Silas were forced to leave the city of Thessalonica early due to persecution (see Acts 17), they were not…