Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 8), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1, 9] “O Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” We have the personal name of the one true God to call upon—Yahweh, often appearing in… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 5), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] God gives us words to pray that include longing and watchfulness for the Day of his judgment to come upon the enemies of the church. The apostles encouraged believers with… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 4), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] In what ways are you prone to react when others distort the truth about you? Can you think of any specific examples when this has happened? Do you ever respond… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 3), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-4] In the midst of serious conflict, David turns to the Lord in prayer. What are the alternatives? Why would we not pray every time we find ourselves in conflict with… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 2), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] What are some ways you sin/rage against the Lord and his Christ, and try to throw off God’s authority from your life? (Be specific.) Why do you continue to do… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Psalm 1), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-2] “If you wish to declare someone blessed, you learn how to do so in Psalm 1” (Athanasius). Blessedness is, first and foremost, God’s own divine happiness, the eternal delightedness of… Read more »

  For thousands of years God’s people have used the Psalms to express themselves to God in song and prayer. But the Psalms aren’t just any old prayer songs—they’re God’s own Word, spoken so that humans might speak to God with his own Speech. The Psalms teach us that life is conversation with God, and… Read more »