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To Know God is to Wrestle with God

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 B.J. MaxwellChristian Life, Psalms

“O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed. And my soul is greatly dismayed; but You, O Lord—how long? Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; save me because of Your lovingkindness. For there is no mention of you in death; in Sheol who […]

The Son of Man & the Psalms of Men

March 3, 2014December 28, 2017 B.J. MaxwellBiblical Meditations, Psalms

“O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, and a band of violent men have sought my life, and they have not set You before them. But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth” (Ps 86.14-15). In God’s magnificent creativity and grace he created us to be both historians and poets. Tacticians and dreamers. We report and reflect. We […]