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Jesus Came to 'Taste Our Sadness'

You know how you go through seasons where one song is your favorite song? My two-year-old, Penny, is obsessed with Jingle Bells. She sings it all the time. She sings it in the morning. She sings it in the car. She sings it at nap time. She sings it before bed. It’s amazing to me that even a 2-year-old can have a favorite song. Jingle Bells is a little worn out on me to say the least, but I can never grow tired of my favorite Christmas hymn “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus&rdquo...

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Psalm 45

Psalm 45:1 (ESV) My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; My tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe. The context of this Psalm was that it was written for a king on his wedding day, but it may also be interpreted as a messianic psalm as well. That means, it can be interpreted as a veiled reference to Jesus. Either way you take it, I love the imagery and poetry that the psalmist is implementing here. So, I want to draw your attention to that. Verse...

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Tremble at His Holiness

Psalm 96:9 (ESV) “Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; Tremble before him, all the earth!” What is the splendor of holiness? The word Holy means separate and pure. God is separate from us in that he is perfect in his essence and actions. He is infinitely powerful, infinitely pure, and infinitely good. Desmond Alexander, a theologian of our day, says in the Lexham Bible Dictionary that God’s Holiness is the “the moral perfection and purity of God’s...

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