Railing against the Text of Scripture
… and against God. John Hobbins thinks you should. I think he makes a pretty good scriptural case!
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I will praise you with an upright heartWhen I learn your righteous judgments. What does learning about God’s righteous (right) judgments have to do with praise? If we think of this Psalm as expressing joy over a list of rules, this might be a good question. If you haven’t yet, please read my earlier post…
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The psalmist will praise God seven times a day. What are some other things that are repeated seven times in scripture?
