What does “Selah” mean?

What does “Selah” mean?

What does “Selah” mean? A reader recently asked me if I’d found a good definition of Selah. Given my mild obsession with the Psalms as of late, I enjoyed looking into this. The definition of selah has long been a mystery. The word is taken straight...
Why we read the Bible: it protects us from sin

Why we read the Bible: it protects us from sin

Psalm 119 is the Bible-study anthem. We’re studying it to find three things: reasons to read the Bible, how to respond, and how the gospel makes Psalm 119 even better. Why we read the Bible: protection from sin We should study the Bible because it guards us from...

How to respond: Thank God for judgment

Psalm 119 is the Bible-study anthem. I’m working through this psalm focusing on three things: Reasons to read and study the Word Ways to respond to the Word (today) How the gospel of Jesus makes this Psalm even better The psalmist points to a few ways we should...

The 8 people God calls by name … twice

The Bible is brimming with strange, intriguing, and sometimes LOL-worthy tidbits like this. God calls plenty of people in the Bible, but I’ve only found eight times he calls out to individuals by name twice in a row … Abraham! Abraham! God gives Abraham one last...
Reasons to study the Bible: Blessing

Reasons to study the Bible: Blessing

Psalm 119 is the Bible-study anthem. I’m working through this psalm focusing on three things: Reasons to read and study the Word (today) Ways to respond to the Word How the gospel of Jesus makes this Psalm even better Today we’re in the Aleph section (Ps...