In the last year, we also have all been reminded about the fragility of life and the uncertainties that can come with disease and death: COVID, a plummeting economy, violence in the streets almost unparalleled in history. Often in such times, we turn to the Psalter for comfort. Today, I’d like to take the reader on a brief survey of a familiar Psalm: Psalm 91.

Psalm 130 is a microcosm of the ordinary Christian life of guilt, grace, and gratitude.

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We will be looking at God’s promise to restore the fortunes of Zion and the various ways in which he has done and will do that.  

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Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim delivers the spring 2020 President's Chapel

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Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim gives a morning devotion from Psalm 137.

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Westminster Seminary California President Joel Kim gives a morning devotion from Psalm 3.

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The psalmist sets forth the way of comprehensive, whole-hearted devotion to God’s law. And in light of his own sin and the evil of the world, he expresses a great uneasiness, mixed with an expectant faith in God for help.

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Psalm 68 records the march of God across the desert from Sinai to Zion.  Probably composed for the installation of the ark of the covenant in the Jerusalem temple, this Psalm lies at the heart of Israel’s story—and ours as well.  

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Psalm 2 is an obvious Messianic Psalm and is referenced several times in the New Testament. We will look briefly at the Psalm and then in three interesting places where the New Testament shows its fulfillment.

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The Lord cares for us in the midst of the suffering we face in this life as Christians. So let us revel in his love and gratefully love him in return.

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In the midst of challenging circumstances, we emulate the Psalmist in looking within ourselves.  Yet this Psalm and the Scriptures remind us of our dependence by highlighting the phrase "but God."  

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This psalm celebrates the God who fulfilled his promises to Abraham.

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The Fall 2018 closing president's chapel

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Graduating Senior Joel Zakahi exposits Psalm 138. 

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Deliverance from sin is not the result of self-salvation. We cannot pull ourselves out of the pit. Rescue is the Action of God alone.

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