Tag: psalm

Praying for the Destruction of Evildoers – Psalm 28

THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Psalm 28. These are the words of God:
OF DAVID. 
1 To you, O LORD, I call; 
my rock, be not deaf to me, 
lest, if you be silent to me, 
I become like those who go down to the pit. 
2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, 
when I cry to you for help, 
when I lift up my hands 
toward your most
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“Who Can Be God’s Friend?” Psalm 15

INTRODUCTION
Who can be God’s friend? Who can come into his presence and enjoy table fellowship with him? Psalm 15 has been referred to as a “liturgy of entrance.” As pilgrims came to worship in Jerusalem, before they entered the place of worship, they asked a question: “Who can come in?” The answer is, “Only those who mirror the character of the one they’ve come to worship.”
As we will see, verse one asks who
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Exhortation: Disruptive Silence

EXHORTATION

Psalm 62:5 says:

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, 

for my hope is from him. 

As Christians in America, our faith runs the risk of being colored and shaded by the values of the culture we inhabit. If culture loves excess, the unconscious church will value self-indulgence. If culture worships success, a blind church will begin promoting growth and numbers more than holiness and true proclamation.

Our culture is obsessed with …