Psalm 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5
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blanca posted an update in the group
The B and HL Feb Fast Group: 2 years, 3 months ago · View@hannahlyn, I put some thoughts on the group page about Ps 1.
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Hannah Venable posted an update in the group
The B and HL Feb Fast Group: 2 years, 3 months ago · View@blanca, I put up a post on Psalm 1. It is a thought that I learned in seminary. Hope it helps you as it has helped me. http://hannahlyn.biblefox.com/2010/02/23/hebrew-poetry/
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Hannah Venable wrote a new blog post: Hebrew Poetry 2 years, 3 months ago · View
In my Psalms class at Reformed Theological Seminary, I learned a key aspect about Hebrew Poetry: Each verse is often illustrating the same point twice (or more). In other words, it uses two different images of the same concept in order to get the point across. Psalm 1 illustrates this perfectly.
But his delight is in [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Thoughts on James 4 3 years, 5 months ago · View
Verse 10 – Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. Two things about this verse really hit me. (1) It’s so opposite of what we would naturally think. Jesus does this a lot – He goes against our human expectations. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. Lose [...]
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: Chaff in the Wind 3 years, 7 months ago · View
Verse 4: “Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.” I like food analogies. Grains would be tossed into the air after being harvested, so that the useless, inedible chaff would blow away, separating it from the grain. Someday, I would like to grow my own grain, and then I [...]