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Psalm 34: David Stumbles on the Lord's Way

Psalm 34 Edwin and Andrew discuss the title for the Psalm given by the ancient editors, perhaps the author himself. Why say David was with Abimelech when he was clearly with Achish? And what did that who story have to do with this psalm anyway? In the end, it leads to a discussion about the difference between stumbling on the Lord's way compared to actually abandoning the Lord's way. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or an...

Psalm 33: The Lord's Plan

Psalm 33 Recognizing that Psalm 33 is an expansion of Psalm 2, we recognize Jesus is found in exactly the same ways as that earlier Psalm. Andrew and Edwin connect to Acts 4 and to the attempts by Romans and Jews to stop the plan of God by crucifying Jesus, but it didn't work. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the c...

Psalm 33: The Lord's Heritage

Psalm 33 Have you ever wanted to start over? You know go back to when you were ten years old, but still have all the knowledge you have now? Psalm 32 and Psalm 33 are like starting over. They parallel Psalm 1 and Psalm 2. But this time, they expand. Andrew and Edwin discuss how Psalm 33 expands Psalm 2 from the blessing on the anointed King to blessing on His anointed people. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questi...

Psalm 33: Worship the Lord!

Psalm 33 Andrew and Edwin borrow three points from Derek Kidner's commentary on Psalms to discuss three principles of worship that apply still today under the New Covenant. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livings...

Psalm 33: Who is the Lord?

Psalm 33 There are numerous views of God today, ranging from He doesn't exist to He is made up of everything, including us. Andrew and Edwin dig into Psalm 33 to discover the Biblical view of God. There are seven principles, even eight, that we can find from this psalm telling us about how we should view God. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the ...

Psalm 33: Our Soul Waits for the Lord

Psalm 33 Do you like movies with plot twists and surprise endings? It totally changes everything that you saw before the moment of the twist. After discussing the connection between Psalm 33 and Psalm 32, Edwin and Andrew dig into the plot twist at the end of Psalm 33. Read the psalm all the way to the end, it isn't describing what you think it is. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here . Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at T...

Psalm 32: But Where's Jesus?

Psalm 32 Andrew and Edwin have asserted we should be able to find Jesus in everyone of the psalms. So, where is He in Psalm 32. Our hosts discuss how Jesus is actually everywhere in this psalm. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christian...

Psalm 32: Seek the Lord! Before Its too Late!

Psalm 32 Andrew and Edwin discuss the shifting voices of Psalm 32 and see the exhortation to us the readers. And it is a shocking warning. Seek God while He can still be found. Then they discover what the rush of waters is and how we avoid them. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . W...

Psalm 32: The Lord's Hand Revisited

Psalm 32 In Psalm 31, we said we needed to commit our spirits and our times into the hand of the Lord. Now, in Psalm 32, we discover the Lord's hand can get heavy sometimes. But first, Andrew and Edwin discuss what is going on in vs. 2 about the spirit that has no deceit. Then, they wrap up by addressing whether or not psalm 32 is about psychosomatic illnesses brought on by feelings of guilt. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learn...

Psalm 32: Forgiveness: The Name of the Lord

Psalm 32 Andrew and Edwin delve into the triplet discussion of sin and forgiveness in Psalm 32. They highlight that this should actually point us back to a foundational passage in the Old Testament--the passage in which Yahweh reveals the full meaning of His name to Moses. Take a look at Exodus 34:6-7 and learn just how forgiving Yahweh is. What a powerful meditation on the name of God. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or...

Psalm 32: Wait! Who Is Blessed?

Psalm 32 This week's psalm transports us back to the very first psalm. They both begin with a beatitude. Andrew and Edwin highlight how Psalm 32 opens our hearts and minds to a new blessing. At the end of Psalm 1, we might be tempted to believe the blessed are only those who perfectly obey God's law. Psalm 32 clarifies. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here . Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.or...

Psalm 31: Praying a Psalm

Psalm 31 If we learn anything from this psalm, it is that God intended for the psalms to be used in prayer. Not just any prayers, our prayers. We find this psalm used repeatedly by others in prayer. Jeremiah used it over and over. Jonah used it. And none other than Jesus Himself used it. In this episode, Andrew and Edwin talk about the psalms in prayer. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us ...

Psalm 31: From "Me" to "Us"

Psalm 31 Happy April 1st! Can you believe three months of 2021 has already gone by. Andrew and Edwin start off with a bit of fun, but quickly move into the real power of Psalm 31. David's song moves from "me" to "us." That is, he moves from simply talking about what God does for him, to talking about what God does for all of His people. As anointed king, David is the representative of God's people. Wait a minute! We have an anointed King as well. Maybe this psalm tells us something about our Kin...

Psalm 31: My Spirit and My Times

Psalm 31 The line from this psalm lots of people know is the one Jesus quotes. "Into your hands I commit my spirit." When Jesus says it, it makes sense. He's talking about His death and His spirit leaving His body. But what does it mean for us? How do we do the same thing on a daily basis? The hint is found in another line: "My times are in your hand." Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us a...

Psalm 31: Are You Sure You Trust the Lord?

Psalm 31 David demonstrates real trust in the Lord. Andrew and Edwin dig into what it really means to trust the Lord. They also face the hard facts about when we can actually claim to trust the Lord. And it isn't simply because when we can claim to have done what He says. We know David trusts the Lord because he kept doing what the Lord says and persevered in prayer even when it seemed like the Lord wasn't responding and when things weren't going his way. Now that is trusting the Lord. Read the ...

Psalm 31: Riding the Pendulum

Psalm 31 Though we seem to be moving away from the story of the sheep struggling to get to the house of the Lord, this psalm does have a connection to the previous. Andrew and Edwin take a look at the connection between Psalm 30:6 and Psalm 31:22. The former is said in pride from the mountaintop of self-righteousness, the latter from the dark valley of dismay. We see the pendulum swing between these two psalms. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here . Let us kno...

Psalm 30: Up from the Grave

Psalm 30: Saved by Dismay

Psalm 30 At first glance, it might seem as though David fell into dismay and the Lord saved him from it. Andrew and Edwin discover that the Lord actually saved David by it. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livings...

Psalm 30: The Danger of Grace

Psalm 30 We never think about grace being dangerous. However, when we look at what David says about his near plummet away from the Lord, we discover there is a dangerous side to grace. Andrew and Edwin take a look at how God makes His own plans vulnerable, but if we are going to be saved by grace, there was no other way. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.or...

Psalm 30: The Lord's Anger

Psalm 30 Andrew and Edwin talk about David's description of God's anger. If we read over it too quickly, we might miss exactly what it says. In opposition to modern sentiment, God does indeed get angry and even gets angry with His own people. However, when we understand it properly, we can actually give thanks for the Lord's anger. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@Christians...

Psalm 30: Giving Thanks Forever

Psalm 30 Andrew and Edwin give some potential background for Psalm 30, talking about some different theories about the ascribed title. Then they break into a discussion of the inclusio about praise and thanksgiving and what it means for our own praying today. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by cli...

Psalm 29: The Calm after the Storm

Psalm 29 Andrew and Edwin take Psalm 29 exactly where it should lead us...to Jesus. How can we Christians hear about a storm and the voice of the Lord and then see peace at the end of it without remembering when Jesus's voice calmed the storm? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'...

Psalm 29: David's Victory Song!

Psalm 29 We know, the name of this episode sounds familiar. Last week, we suggested the last two verses of Psalm 28 were David's victory song. But he opens that up in terrific ways in this psalm. Andrew and Edwin peel back another layer to see Psalm 29 as the capstone and the climax of a series of psalms in which David fears God will judge him along with the wicked and therefore he won't get to be in the house of the Lord forever. However, now he knows God does know who he is and will save him. ...

Psalm 29: The Lord's Voice on Sinai

Psalm 29 Andrew and Edwin peel back another layer to see one of the most profound moments when the voice of the Lord shook the earth, thundered in storm at a mountain, and scared the daylights out of God's people. This is the time God's voice thundered at Sinai. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by ...

Psalm 29: The Lord's Voice at Creation

Psalm 29 Andrew and Edwin start peeling back some layers in this psalm. The Lord's voice thunders across Israel, but it started all the way back at creation. How can we possibly hear about the Lord's voice and not think about creation? Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love t...

Psalm 29: The God of Thunder

Psalm 29 No, this episode isn't about Thor. You guessed it, it's still about Yahweh. In Psalm 29, His voice thunders seven times. Andrew and Edwin talk about Yahweh as the God of the storm as we read through this traveling storm across Israel. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'...

Psalm 28: David's Song

Psalm 28 Andrew and Edwin consider the last two verses of Psalm 28 as David's own song of victory praising God for answering his prayer. They start with a unique version of the psalm written and intended to be used as a song of praise and victory. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here ....

Psalm 28: Blessed Be the Lord!

Psalm 28 God has heard David's prayer. He has granted it. How does David respond? He praises God. Andrew and Edwin discuss the great encouragement we can receive by seeing God answer David's prayer. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Chri...

Psalm 28: Who are the Wicked?

Psalm 28 Andrew and Edwin continue to uncover surprises in Psalm 28. We often think of the wicked as the really terrible, bad, awful people who do dreadfully disgusting things that everyone knows is just horrendous. However, that is not the wicked of Psalm 28. In fact, most people today wouldn't even recognize these wicked people as wicked. In fact, we might get a little concerned because the wicked might include us. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let u...

Psalm 28: Saved from God

Psalm 28 Andrew and Edwin take a close look at whom David is fearing in Psalm 28. From whom does David actually seek to be saved? From whom does David actually seek rescue? It may surprise you. It isn't his enemies. Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here. Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org. Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here . We'd love to meet you. Be a gue...