We are going to leave our study in the book of Acts this week to look at this psalm. This is a psalm of ascents, which means it was likely sung by Israelites as they neared Jerusalem on their way up to worship the Lord at an annual feast, such as Passover.

We are looking at the 6th trumpet judgment in the 2nd half of Revelation chapter 9. In verse 14, John hears a voice from the throne of God saying, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Then, “the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.”

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 108 as we continue our way through the fifth book of the Psalms together.

As the disastrous (for Biden) Trump-Biden debate June 27 did not include any of my recommended questions, I offered ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis some questions they might consider asking Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s face-off.

Satan and darkness are prominent themes in the gospels and the rest of the New Testament.

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 107 as we begin our journey through the fifth book of the Psalms together.

In television, the first thing you notice is what you see, not what you hear.

In Revelation 8:6-12, we see the first four trumpet judgments fall out upon the earth.

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 106.

At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week, Vice President Kamala Harris seemed to mimic Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign strategy as if she were in his basement, declining interview requests and letting especially uninformed voters project their own views onto her.

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 

The first Democratic National Convention I attended was in San Francisco in 1984. UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick indelibly labeled attendees “San Francisco Democrats,” because of their left-leaning policies.

Revelation 7: 9-17 is a vision of the heavenly bliss those who belong to Christ are destined for. It is given for those on earth who still have a pilgrimage to make through a world full of tribulation. Christians have joy and blessedness on earth, but it is mingled with sin and suffering that we must persevere through by faith.

If you have a Bible, please turn to Psalm 104. Psalm 104 focuses on the greatness of God, especially as it is revealed in His creation and in His providence over creation

Bring back Jay Leno! The former host of the“ Tonight Show” had a segment called “ Jaywalking” during which he would ask people on the street easy questions they often couldn’t answer.

I’d invite you to take your Bibles and turn with me to Psalm 103. Derek Kidner says of Psalm 103 that “admiring gratitude shines through every line of this hymn to the God of all grace.”

In 1962, composer Irving Berlin debuted his final musical, “Mr. President.” The show has a silly little song that contains the lyric "the Secret Service makes me nervous."

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 102. Have you known affliction?

That lead sentence from a Washington Post story summarizes the danger we face from potential and actual enemies.

Whatever part of the book of Revelation is confusing or obscure, there is nothing unclear about its main end, which is to glorify God in the salvation that