Sermon: Psalm 42-43 — “The Soul’s Thirst Quenched in God’s Light and Truth”

I delivered the following sermon in the evening worship service at Providence OPC on 3 May 2009.
Scripture Reading

Psalm 42-43

Sermon

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Review: The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament – by Edmund P. Clowney

Overview
ISBN: 0875521746
Publisher: P&R (1988)
Genre: Biblical studies, hermeneutics, Old Testament
Reading Level: high school; very accessible; non-scholarly, non-dense
Worthy read? Yes!
Price: $7.99 @ WTS Books
Abstract
Dr. Edmund Clowney, former president of Westminster Theological Seminary and professor of practical theology, summarizes the main goal of The Unfolding Mystery in his own words:
The purpose of this book is not to tell [...]

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Review: A Reader’s Hebrew Bible – eds. A. Philip Brown, II and Bryan W. Smith

A Reader’s Hebrew Bible
Editors: A. Philip Brown, II; Bryan W. Smith
Publisher: Zondervan; 1652 pp.; Italian Duo-Tone™ binding
ISBN: 9780310269748
Summary: A Reader’s Hebrew Bible is an indispensable tool for learning to read biblical Hebrew.  Seminarians and ministers will love this attractive and handy reader for use in the classroom and in personal study. There is no better [...]

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Credo-Paedo Baptism Debate: Dr. Thomas Schreiner and Dr. David VanDrunen

Grace Reformation Church of Woodland, CA, recently hosted a fraternal debate on the doctrine of baptism and has graciously released the MP3s for free.
Listen to the debate or download the MP3s below:
Dr. Thomas Schreiner: Credo-Baptism (30 min.)

Dr. Thomas Schreiner on Credobaptism (MP3)
Dr. David VanDrunen: Paedo-Baptism (30 min.)

Dr. David VanDrunen on Paedobaptism (MP3)
Q & A Session [...]

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Paper: “Send Forth Thy Light and Thy Truth”: A Literary Analysis of Psalms 42–43

(The painting of David Playing the Zither is by Andrea Celesti (1637-1712). See the Web Gallery of Art for further details.)
Summary
Although divided by a chapter division in our English translations, Psalms 42 and 43 should be read as single song, a powerful lament by which Israel’s covenant LORD is called upon to send forth his light [...]

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Luke’s LXX Allusion to Jacob and Esau in the Prodigal Son Parable Affirmed

Summary
Luke’s LXX Allusion to Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33:4) in the Prodigal Son Parable (Luke 15:20) Affirmed (10 pages; .PDF format; ~190KB) examines the Greek texts of Genesis 33:4 and Luke 15:20 to demonstrate the striking linguistic parallels in these texts and to suggest that Luke employs an allusion to the former in the latter.
Additional [...]

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N. T. Wright’s The Climax of the Covenant: A Reformed Read Through Chs. 1-4

Download and Summary

Download A Reformed Read Through N. T. Wright’s The Climax of the Covenant, Chs. 1-4 (PDF)
Or read this paper online.

Abstract: In The Climax of the Covenant N. T. Wright’s exegetical arguments toward Christ’s covenantal fulfillment of the Old Testament offer a rich harvest of biblical-theological and covenantal insights. However, compared to other Reformed [...]

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Historicity, Exodus, and the Tale of Sinuhe

A couple interesting short reads on the historicity of Exodus:
(1) Giving several evidences, Richard Pratt downplays (perhaps as a version of “parallelomania“) the work of Old Testament scholars who would seek to deconstruct the book of Exodus into an ahistorical account in light of the genre of the Egyptian Tale of Sinuhe:
Unfortunately, students who are [...]

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New Horizons January 2008: The Prophets

This month’s New Horizons presents useful, interesting, and brief reads on a difficult portion of Holy Scripture: the Prophets.
Rev. Keele’s article on hope in Hosea is particularly interesting to me in that it touches on the same topic I researched last year: covenant dynamics in Hosea.
Read New Horizons Articles:

A Window of Hope in Hosea
by [...]

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Redemption Accomplished Preceeds Redemption Applied

Or, the Gospel is objectively accomplished by Christ before it is subjectively applied to Christ’s church, though it is not less than both. Or, as Dr. Horton explains, the Gospel is promise-driven before it is purpose-driven:

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