1. On this episode of the Soul of Christianity Debi and Dan chat with David Zahl of Mockingbird Ministries. Dave, Debi, and Dan talk about life in quarantine, Dave’s faith journey, and the good news of the Gospel for our time.
  2. Sorry, racism, ethnic clashes, cultural differences, are nothing new to the world or the church. Listen to these fools talk about Galatians, racism, and Christianity. Also, a little Smalcald Articles on the Gospel!
  3. Things are falling apart. Nothing new, just a different way. Jesus falls smack dab in the middle of all this shit!
  4. When we are suffering persecutions, falsely accused and battling our own emotions, the truth of His grace is greater than anything that can attack us, including ourown thoughts.
  5. Asking God to be gracious to me, because my enemies are trampling on me.
  6. The Psalm is written in the cave, referring to the time David was hiding from Saul and his soldiers.
  7. David states a very bold accusation that God has rejected and abandoned him. The land is quaking, shaking and full of tragedy.
  8. This Psalm describes the wicked and the arrogant thoughts and scenes of wicked preying upon the poor.
  9. A call for God to hear our cries, a call for the Good Shepherd to carry His people. Going down to the pit, a prayer that God rescue him, lest he end up stuck there forever.
  10. In Psalm 3, David is fleeing from Absalom, and many are saying there is no God that will save him.
  11. Psalm 7 is a prayer that gives expression to those who have experienced persecution.
  12. As this Psalm is set in the the time of the Babylonian exile, Chad Bird meditates on the types of exile we find in scripture and in our lives.