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Last Wednesday I was able to hear Mark Minnick preach a sermon on Psalm 37 that he titled “Feed on His Faithfulness.” The theme is taken from the end of verse 3, which the KJV gives as “verily thou shalt be fed.” Apparently, the Hebrew there is slightly ambiguous, and so the NASB has “cultivate faithfulness” and the NKJV has “feed on His faithfulness.”

The challenge throughout the chapter is to trust in the Lord’s faithfulness so much that you still concentrate on deepening your relationship with the Lord even when evildoers prosper and cause you trouble. Pastor Minnick noted that the passage includes 21 distinct counsels for God’s people (17 of which are unique). The most common of these is the challenge “do not fret” (NASB), which occurs three times. He challenged us to look through the passage and catalog the other counsels for God’s people and seek to do them. I’m posting the entire chapter here, and hope to spend some time studying this in the future. Comments with your observations on the passage would be welcome! Continue reading →

Last Christmas while visiting family I was able to preach twice at my home church in Victoria, BC. The first message was a lesson from Judges 17 that I gave during the Adult Bible Study class, and the second is a sermon from Daniel 1 that I preached later that afternoon. (I’m only now posting these because True North didn’t exist in those days, and I wanted to archive them here now.)

I’ve included links to the audio files here, but since these are hosted on the church site I cannot guarantee that the links will continue to work in the future. Continue reading →