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Psalm 46: God is Exalted

Several weeks into the coronavirus pandemic and a few days into being told that Dallas was placed under a shelter-in-place mandate and I felt my anxiety rising. Seeing some of the grocery store aisles completely empty was the beginning. Hearing about the increased lock-down measures was the catalyst. Yet, God has been ever faithful to calm my heart through Psalm 46, and I thought it would be good to take some time to work through that in the hope that it provides myself and others some much needed encouragement and stability. This is part three in a three part series.
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Psalm 46: Peace, Stability, and the Sovereignty of God

Things with the coronavirus have certainly not gone the way I had hoped. Maybe I was overly optimistic, but I hoped and prayed that we would have a minor lockdown for a couple weeks to reduce the infection rate enough for hospitals to keep up and then we’d be back to life as normal. Only a week in to this “social distancing” concept and Dallas is already being moved to a state of “shelter in place.” Staying home and not going anywhere unless absolutely necessary. In the middle of all of this Psalm 46 has pressed more into my heart than ever before, and I thought it would be good to take some time to work through that in the hope that it provides myself and others some much needed encouragement and stability. This is part two in a three part series.
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The Supremacy of Christ in Suffering

This is the third of a three part (and possibly more) series on the Sovereignty of God and the Supremacy of Christ.

Merriam Webster defines “supremacy” as being in the highest rank, authority, or power.

When we look at the life of Joseph in Genesis 37 and 39-46 we’re usually taught a handful of things as we grow up in church. We’re taught that because Joseph saved during the seven years of plenty so he’d have food for the seven years of famine, that we should save money while we have it so we’re not completely broke when we’re broke. We’re taught to “trust God until it all works out”. Then we’re taught that God can indeed use the socially awkward, which Joseph must have been because he actually told his family about the dream where they all bowed down to him. Continue reading

The Sovereignty of God in the Death of a Child

This is going to be the first of a three part (and possibly more) series on the Sovereignty of God and the Supremacy of Christ.

The back-story to the text we’ll be looking at is 2 Samuel 11, when King David commits adultery with Bathsheba, tries to cover it up, and then kills her husband Uriah when he failed to cover up his sin of adultery. 2 Samuel 12:1-14 the prophet Nathan confronts David about his sins of murder and adultery and lists out several consequences for David’s sin. One of those consequences was that David’s child he had with Bathsheba would die. Continue reading

The Supremacy of Christ in and over Death

This is the second of a three part (and possibly more) series on the Sovereignty of God and the Supremacy of Christ.

Merriam Webster defines “supremacy” as being in the highest rank, authority, or power.

In the last blog, we saw how the Trinitarian God has control over death in that He commands death to occur whenever He chooses and by whatever means He chooses. Continue reading