Monday, July 14, 2014

Psalms That are A Response To Living and Moving and Having Our Being In God

“The function of this kind of psalm is theological, that is, to praise and thank God. But such a psalm also has a social function of importance. It is to articulate and maintain a “sacred canopy” under which the community of faith can live out its life with freedom from anxiety. That is, life is not simply a task to be achieved, an endless construction of a viable world made by effort and human ingenuity. There is a givenness to be relied on, guaranteed by none other than God. That givenness is here before us, stands over us, endures beyond us, and surrounds us behind and before.” http://ref.ly/o/spiritltypsalms/35640 via the Logos Bible Android app.

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