Psalm 14 | “Salvation from Zion”
Sunday morning sermon audio from Preston Highlands Baptist Church.
Psalm 62 | “God Is Our Fortress”
Sunday morning sermon audio from Preston Highlands Baptist Church.
Psalm 1 | “Two Ways to Live”
Sermon audio from Preston Highlands Baptist Church.
Psalm 86 | “Help for the Day of Trouble, Part One”
[display_podcast] “Few of Days and Full of Trouble” The Bible, and our experience, teaches us that our lives are “few of days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). Jesus says that each day will bring “its own trouble” (Mt. 6:34). As David Powlison says in his excellent book God’s Grace in Your Suffering, “God never establishes a no-fly zone keeping all problems away. He never promises that your life will be safe, easy, peaceful, healthy, and prosperous. On the contrary, you and I are certain to experience danger, hardship, [...]
Psalm 117 | “Praise the Lord, All Nations!”
[display_podcast] Who Is Lottie Moon? Charlotte Digges Moon was born on December 12, 1840 into a wealthy family who owned a tobacco plantation in Virginia. “Lottie”, as she was called, was a small girl with a big heart. She was only four feet, three inches tall, but she moved to China as a single woman in order to reach the unreached people of China with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Lottie was raised in a Christian family, but was indifferent about following Jesus until she was a teenager. But [...]
Psalm 101 | “What a Good King Does”
[display_podcast] A King’s Care What should a king care about? What kinds of things should a king, president, or ruler be committed to? Unfortunately, it’s often true that kings and presidents care about power and wealth and fame and personal achievement and public appreciation more than justice and righteousness and integrity and humility and personal virtue and serving others. These are the things kings should care about, the kind of things they should sing about. King David, Israel’s most famous and important king, knew this. He knew what a [...]
Psalm 57 | “Crying with Confidence”
[display_podcast] Psalms for the Spiritual Traveler We’re in our third week of studying various Psalms. We’ve seen God’s greatness and kindness in Psalm 113. And we’ve seen his love as supremely satisfying – even in the midst of suffering, in Psalm 63. Today we’ll see how we can cry with confidence in Psalm 57. And next week we’ll see how God wants his people to live from Psalm 101. The Psalms are an oasis for the spiritual traveler. They provide water and nourishment, shade and rest, while we walk [...]
Psalm 63 | “Delight In the Desert”
[display_podcast] Royal Robbins Lived to Climb Mountains Last week I mentioned the beauty and grandeur of the mountains surrounding the Yosemite Valley. The sheer granite cliffs are breathtaking and iconic. They’re also considered the Mecca of rock climbing because of the skill it takes to ascend their heights. Rock climbers say that the mountains of the Valley were put there for them, not the tourists who come to look at them. They say that they’re meant to be climbed, not stared at. A man named Royal Robbins put the Yosemite [...]
Psalm 113 | “A Great Kindness”
[display_podcast] Eleanor Roosevelt Associated with the Lowly People in high positions don’t usually associate with those in low positions. People with fame and money and power don’t usually hang out with people who’re unknown and poor and weak. There are exceptions to this rule. Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the most well-known ones in our country’s history. Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884. Her father was one of Teddy Roosevelt’s brothers. Eleanor grew up in a wealthy New York family known for their family connection to Teddy, the most [...]
Psalm 127:3-5 | Children Are a Blessing, Not a Burden
[display_podcast] Cultural Schizophrenia Concerning Children Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a failure to understand what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs and unclear or confused thinking. .5% of people are affected by schizophrenia during their lifetime. Concerning the topic of children, I’d argue that a much larger percentage of people in our culture are suffering from schizophrenia. A large portion of our society struggles with unclear or confused thinking concerning children. Over the last decade, between 45 and 50 percent of Americans have identified with the [...]