1. Chad and Daniel begin the book of Ruth in this episode.
  2. Chad and Daniel wrap up the book of Judges
  3. 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.
  4. Asking God to be gracious to me, because my enemies are trampling on me.
  5. The Psalm is written in the cave, referring to the time David was hiding from Saul and his soldiers.
  6. David states a very bold accusation that God has rejected and abandoned him. The land is quaking, shaking and full of tragedy.
  7. This Psalm describes the wicked and the arrogant thoughts and scenes of wicked preying upon the poor.
  8. Chad and Daniel wrestle with one of the darkest and most heart-wrenching passages in the old testament.
  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.