1. Godly, upright in heart, righteous. Sinful, sorrowful, wasting away.
  2. It can all seem so unfair. The wicked prosper and the ones who look to God seem to suffer the most.
  3. Craig and Troy love Psalm 51 because of the truth it speaks: we are sinful, and God is gracious. When God cleanses, we are indeed made clean.
  4. Even from the moment of the Fall, God has never left us without His gracious promise of redemption. God moves first to cover us.
  5. Satan didn't lie, but he told Adam and Eve exactly what would happen. The only thing he didn't say is whether or not they would like it.
  6. We might think of the poetry of the Psalms as a dance between creation and redemption.
  7. The struggle is real. That is to say, the struggle with sin. Can we make ourselves holy? Can we find within ourselves the strength to make it better?
  8. Psalm 60 is a lament that begins with a harsh and bitter accusation, namely that God has rejected us. David complains about rejection, loss, national tragedy and
  9. The needy are not forgotten by God. He hears the cry of the afflicted.