From ccrlist at tulip.org Wed Sep 7 22:03:56 2005 From: ccrlist at tulip.org (ccrlist@tulip.org) Date: Wed Sep 7 22:04:09 2005 Subject: [Ccrlist] Lord's Day 4 September 05 Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20050907215745.02df59c0@mail.loganrec.com> Greetings, Now that my main source of income has shifted back to education (substitute teaching & driver's education), my daily schedule is no longer consistent. Therefore, this week I am sending along my last sermon on Hebrews and will return to Psalm 31 this coming week. The whole Hebrews series should be posted at tulip.org within another week to ten days. God bless, Max Charge & Benediction For the Lord?s Day: the 4th of September 2005 Hebrews 13: 22-25 ?I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if, he comes soon. Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings. Grace be with all of you. ? Introduction: Years ago, when I was in Seminary ? the progressive liberal Christians sought to throw out everything that was traditional, sound and orthodox. And in having accomplished that within the main line denominations, they drove out any number of evangelicals who created new denominations and congregations to uphold the important doctrines that were swept away in the name of progress. But, even as these new denominations took root they too became progressive in many ways, not wanting any of the traditions of men so long associated with the traditional churches, they too in a majority of cases ended up with a truncated gospel and an unappreciative theology in language loose enough to drive any number of heresies through with barely an argument. Some, in their haste to make all things new, have realized all too many of the heretical developments of the first thousand years in the life of the church. How little the teachings of the Apostle in this precious book remain unappreciated in our day and age. Yes, the whole of Hebrews is about change and the abandonment of decay, but it is not the essential doctrines and truths of the revelation that are changed, but only the commitment to a new administration of the faith in the person and work of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who came to the earth to fulfill every aspect of the former law and to lay out for all time: the gospel of grace in His name and person. As I have mentioned before, try to think of this letter?s place in the following terms. Just as the double scroll written in 1st & 2nd Chronicles arranged a Covenant viewpoint of the Old Testament, so too is the book of Hebrews a means to organize and understand the whole course of spiritual revelation from Adam all the way to Christ. Our passage today, presumes to require those to whom it was written: to receive this summary document. ?I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly,? the words of course, being the content of this Letter to the Hebrews. Commentator F.F. Bruce tells us, that this letter could easily be read in its entirety in about an hour, and yet the scope and frame of its contents covers all of recorded time, and then some. ?At one point the writer has said ?we have many things to say? (Hebrews 5:11); but at another point he indicates that he could have said much more (Hebrews 9: 5b).? Think of this letter in the same sense as the conversation between Jesus and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus and how Jesus explained to them all that had happened. ?And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.? (Luke 24: 27). John Owen comments on the grand vision written in so short a letter; a letter which he expands to multiple volumes in his day: ?Considering the importance of the subject matter, the whole purpose and mystery of the covenant and institutions of the law, and the office of Christ, and the danger of their eternal ruin, all that the apostle had written might be thought of as a short letter.? While I am not as wise or informed as Owen, I have gone through sixty-nine sermons on this book since the 22nd of September 2002. And sadly, for reasons I have never fully understood ? this series has cost me far too dearly. It has been said that I did not preach grace enough from the text, however there is more than one theme to every text of scripture. Certainly, grace explains our own salvation and that is a very important and even explosive doctrine in our day and age. However, I feel personally compelled to look beyond my own experience even with all the benefits explicit and I feel that it is incumbent upon us all to appreciate the Covenantal purpose of God from the beginning of time as a better outline of all the works of God. After all, we are only a small part of the whole redemptive purpose that God in and through Christ had in mind from the very beginning. If we ? as the current culture seems fixated on the satellite networks were speaking in the terms of playing poker, we could say that the covenant trumps grace. Grace is the result of the Covenant, and all we hear and know by the power of the Holy Spirit comes from God?s decision before time to write all of history within the outline of His covenantal purpose. And please, I am not inclined to diminish the value and importance of grace ? after all, look ahead to the last sentence in this incredible book of Hebrews: ?Grace be with all of you.? One final comment on this issue: Grace of course is to the scriptures what the introductory notes of Beethoven?s Fifth are to the whole symphony, and those opening notes are that which makes the whole memorable. And even as they symphony explores and expands the theme ? the whole is much greater than the parts. Development: Now, I have called this last sermon on Hebrews a Charge and Benediction. The charge has been completed. Every once in a while over the years I have taken the opportunity at the end of a service to give a specific charge to the congregation. I have kept that action to a minimum so as to magnify the importance of those rare occasions when I have done so. The Apostle here wants to make absolutely certain that his readers understand the purpose for which he has written, and having done so ? he then goes on to make a couple announcements before giving the final benediction. The announcements here are three: ?You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if, he comes soon. Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.? Announcements in the life of the church are always important for many reasons. In one church we had originally begun with the announcements and the elder (now deceased) who gave them, expanded them and went on for many minutes and then berated me for going on too long when I closed the service ten minutes after twelve. So I simply moved the announcements to the end of the service ?to highlight their importance? in the life of the congregation. By doing so, I was always done on time and even allowed five minutes for the necessary work. After a few weeks, the elder in question agreed to cut his comments short, if I would just get him out of the position of prolonging the service which in that congregation had always ended at the stroke of twelve! Now, concerning Timothy?s release ? we are not certain if he was imprisoned, there is not other account of that. F.F. Bruce tells us that ?It is just possible to argue that ?set at liberty? means not ?released from prison? but ?sent away on some commission.?; but it is very unlikely that the verb, used absolutely as it is here, has this latter meaning.? At the very least, Timothy, having been released may come and visit the brethren and if at all possible, so will Paul accompany him as well. Within the history of the early church, we do not know if this intention was carried out. But visitation within the church between congregations is always important in every age. Years ago, in the old United Presbyterian Church in North America, visitation from congregation to congregation was an annual expectation within the dozen churches of the presbytery in Northwestern Ohio. Annually, dad and the other elders would travel two by two, with their families on occasion to visit the other churches. It kept a minimal cohesion in place and if the other churches knew elders from their sister churches ? the whole Presbytery gained thereby in unity. So, just as I mentioned earlier in the announcements, I have been privileged to begin a program of visitation around the Presbytery within the next two years in my office as Stated Clerk. As time goes, on ? I hope to encourage other elders to rekindle the old tradition that I remember from my youth. The second announcement is rather an admonishment to the readers to:?Greet all your leaders and all the saints.? Bruce supposes that this admonishment is to be practiced within the ?Presbytery? of all the city churches in the immediate area. Of course, I have added the word ?Presbytery? here of my own accord! You see, at one time where there was greater unity of organization, a bishopric or presbytery would be the association of all the local congregations in a small city or rural province. Only in America, with the advent of multiple denominations, has a Presbytery increased in geographic size to take in whole states or regions! In colonial days, when Presbyteries were smaller, it was incumbent on every congregation to have an elementary school, every Presbytery to have a higher Academy and every Synod its own college and if prosperous enough ? a Seminary attached to the college. Some of our smaller Presbyterian bodies have maintained a family of God context within their extended groupings. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian and the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America are prime examples of a whole denomination knowing, loving and understanding one another. In my recent visitation to several congregations, the first people I met were those whom I knew from earlier contacts. And then, there were others new to me ? that I was able to meet and hopefully remember the next time I am able to go. One thing that our Ashland daughter congregation appreciates is the monthly visits from any of you who have been able to drive up and participate in their evening service. We have a real partnership in ministry there. And, if I can slip over to the charge element for a moment, I would dearly urge any and all of you to make an afternoon trip to Ashland so that not only may you be encouraged, but also that they may be as well! The third announcement is less personal, but still important: ?Those who come from Italy send you greetings.? Now, the Greek here is ambiguous. These words can mean that where the Apostle is, former residents of Rome are sending greetings back to the Roman churches. Or, it is just as plausible that the residents of Italy send their greetings along with those of the Apostle to wherever he is writing. Which ever situation is the true one, of this we can be assured: the whole church may be encouraged to know that other Christians are praying for them, and if people travel from one place to another, they will find ready fellowship within the extended church. Over the years, I have visited ?strange? congregations far and wide and in those cases where we share the same understanding of the gospel of Christ ? I have always been made very welcome indeed. Application: Well, the chapter is complete and the benediction is pronounced ?Grace be with you all.? Now, the Oxford American Dictionary defines a benediction in these terms: ?a spoken blessing.? Of course, if we explored the context theologically, we could probably preach another sermon on just what the word means. That will have to wait for another time. Let me close, this meditation ? this series and my ongoing active weekly ministry here of eighteen years with this comment. If my understanding of the great themes of the scriptures are true and accurate ? that everything accomplished, said and done is done so within the overarching Covenant of God with His people; then the best that we can hope for is this: May you be blessed with the knowledge and understanding of the Covenant of Grace as it is administered by through and in the Person of Jesus Christ. Amen. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PREACHING RESOURCES Bruce, F.F. The Epistle to the Hebrews. Owen, John: Commentary on the Book of Hebrews. The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Permission granted to redistribute unedited versions with this notice. http://www.tulip.org/tac/heb106.htm To Subscribe or Unsubscribe go to: http://www.four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/ccrlist/ From ccrlist at tulip.org Tue Sep 13 19:23:59 2005 From: ccrlist at tulip.org (ccrlist@tulip.org) Date: Tue Sep 13 19:24:11 2005 Subject: [Ccrlist] CCR Weekly for 11 Sept 05 Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20050913191446.02e006e0@mail.loganrec.com> Good Evening, Things are hectic here, five of last seven days have been twelve hour working days and with Presbytery this week and preaching out of town twice next weekend, no rest until next Monday. God bless, Max A Forsythe Psalm 31 05 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have saved me, O Lord, the God of truth. 06 I hate those who revere deceptive illusions, but I trust in the Lord. 07 I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love, Because You have seen my affliction; and have known the distress of my soul, 08 You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; and have set my feet in a broad place. ==================================================================================== Into Your Hands For the Lord?s Day: the 11th of September 2005 Introduction: The first line in verse five is reminiscent of the punishment David accepted for his census of military might. Given three options of a three year famine, a military fiasco or three days plague, David answered the prophet Gad: ?I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.? And so, the three day pestilence spread across the country until God put a stop to the punishment. This phrase also illustrates the mind of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. Faced with the daunting descent into Hades, still He trusted completely in the love and mercy of the Father. While David?s trials were not so extreme, still they were real enough even as our common problems remain for us day by day. In the last few weeks, very many people waited in uncomfortable circumstances for rescue in New Orleans. A lack of food and water gave rise to despair in many cases. And like countless settles in the colonial era, the rescuers had many miles and obstacles to cover. And even though the rescuers were seemingly delayed, the vast majority of the victims survived their ordeal of storm and flood. Unfortunately, far too many had not the faith and patience of King David. There is another sense here of being safe in the mighty hands of God. Delitzsch tells us that David?s confidence in this handing over of his spirit, David ?gives it over into His hand as a trust or deposit; for whatsoever is deposited there is safely kept, and freed from all danger and all distress.? Even more Delitzsch catalogues the precious hope implied the Lukean passage: ?that [Jesus] may not die, but that dying He may not die, i.e. that He may receive back again His spirit-corporeal life, which is hidden in the Hand of God, in imperishable power and glory.? In the second line of verse five, David realized that his safety was already assured: ?You have saved me, O Lord.? And what was the source of his confidence? Look at the precious name by which he knew the Lord God of Israel: ?The God of truth.? What we have here in David?s poetry, is a vivid sense of reality. The one true God, as other passages well describe Him, has saved David and has kept David?s cause and person continually under His protection and guidance. This is what sets our God apart from all the other deities which are nothing more than imaginary personages or wishful thinking. Given the propensity of the human mind to craft religions to serve a person?s vanity ? we should realize that any manifestation of our God as He is revealed in the Scriptures must be considered abnormal to say the least. After all, the most popular twist to orthodox theology is to empower mankind to bring common sense into the lime light as it relates to human instead of sovereign election. By that I mean to say that religious inventions give a better place to humanity as well as a means to control their destiny. Development: Contrary to the ordinary human myths, as we move on to the sixth verse, we see the direction of David?s thinking here. He has known the God of truth and thus he has little patience for all those who worship anything less than the Triune God of heaven and earth. In my translation, I have used ?deceptive illusions? so as to include the heretical ponderings of every age. This phrase applies equally well to the time of David, when carved idols were the normative objects of faith and religious devotion. In addition, it also applies to the philosophic bent of mind, more common to the Greeks and even down into our own day and age. Few there be today, who will venerate a carved image as anything less than symbolic of a ?higher concept.? But imaginations have run riot across the world and we are caught today between a tandem of atheists on one hand who ridicule any object of faith and a Taliban of murderous rogues on the other, who would demand worship of a false God at the point of a sword. Given the sordid choices of his day, David had no second thoughts. ?I trust in the Lord,? he quietly affirms. And why does he do that? He trusts in the Lord, because of his experience with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob over the course of many years and in the midst of many trials and troubles. Verse seven begins his confession of faith in this portion of the Psalm, and it demonstrates the source of his hope. ?I will rejoice and be glad,? he writes cheerfully. How many of the world?s religions are spoken of joyfully? The greater majority are burdensome and expensive to say the least. However, David serves a better deity, the One and only Creator God of heaven and earth. And in the light of God?s unpurchased steadfast love, there is joy and peace in abundance. David goes on to give two essential reasons for his confidence: 1. ? Because You have seen my affliction; and have known the distress of my soul, 2. You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; and have set my feet in a broad place.? First, our poet realizes that the Lord God does indeed know David?s pain of a life less holy and even dangerous between the affliction and distress recorded in the last two lines of verse seven. There we have the whole of not only David?s life experience, but also that of all the saints who ever lived. The affliction comes from the world around him, and the distress is that which makes the heart heavy within. We certainly know from biblical history that any list of David?s personal afflictions, are legendary to the extreme. We also know that David?s heart was finely tuned to acknowledge every spiritual implication as well. O Lord, he cries, You have known my troubles and my worries, therefore I can rejoice in the light of Your knowledge. How much more can we appreciate the sufferings of David?s greater Son: the Man of Sorrows, who experienced the depth of distress in Sheol for our eternal salvation. Application: Our second and final point for David?s confidence is a vivid contrast to verse five. ?You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy,? David writes confidently. After all, since David had given himself over into the hand of God Himself, he had naught to fear and his confidence is increased in the midst of crisis because He has not fallen into the hands of mere mortals. Spurgeon observes: ?To be shut up in one?s hand is to be delivered over absolutely to his power; now, the believer is not in the hand of death or the devil, much less is he in the power of man.? No indeed, we like David may know the freedom of the Spirit in this sense; we are not constricted spiritually in this life. Even if we be locked up in prison like Paul and other saints, in our hearts and minds we are free to explore the broad expanses of freedom in Christ. In the knowledge and experience of this broad place where we may know that beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are His and He is ours, what more can we desire. Our Lord and God is greater than all of creation and even though we enjoy and appreciate the sweetness of this old green earth, still heaven is our final home and when the call comes to go to Him, or even better ? when He comes for us, what a glorious day that will be. C.S. Lewis, in his Tales of Narnia series speaks of the broadness of heaven in the last volume. He describes a place that is bigger and bigger the further up and in one goes. It is sort of like the phone booth in the old Doctor Who series. On the outside, it appeared as an ordinary booth, about three by three by seven. But once you stepped inside, it opened up to a grand series of rooms. This is what David means by being set in a broad place. Even if it be a lonely dungeon cell, a cave in a hillside or any other less desireable place ? it we know the Lord of all the earth ? it is in reality a taste of heaven for us in this life. In the Middle Ages, grand cathedrals were built in Europe to sensitize the worshippers to the grandness of our theme here. And yet, even in our own small sanctuary where sometimes fifty people are crowded, if we know the Lord and worship Him truly ? the ceiling may open up and hearing His word and hoping for His coming, we may spiritually step into the broad place of heaven and know the beauty of His holiness. Andy why? All because He holds us in His hand, what a great God is David?s God, and like David: may we give out souls over into His eternal care counting the cost only in the precious blood of Christ. Amen. ====================================================== PREACHING RESOURCES Calvin, John: Commentary on Book of Psalms. Delitzsch, F: Commentary on the Old Testament ? Psalms. Spurgeon, C.H: Treasury of David. ============================================================================ Permission granted to redistribute unedited versions with this notice. http://www.tulip.org/selah/sel031b.htm To Subscribe or Unsubscribe go to: http://www.four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/ccrlist/ From ccrlist at tulip.org Mon Sep 26 07:13:30 2005 From: ccrlist at tulip.org (ccrlist@tulip.org) Date: Mon Sep 26 07:14:15 2005 Subject: [Ccrlist] CCR Weekly for 18 Sept 05 Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20050926070026.022c1150@mail.loganrec.com> Good Morning, Have been busy with many twelve hour days lately. This will catch us up and this week's psalter will be emailed in a couple of days. God bless, Max A Forsythe Psalm 31 09 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. 10 For my life is exhausted with sorrow; my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, my bones grow weak. 11 Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me. 12 I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel. for I hear the whispering of many - terror on every side! ? as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life ==================================================================================== The Psalmist?s Lament For the Lord?s Day: the 18th of September 2005 Introduction: According to Derek Kidner, we begin the second cycle of emotions from anguish to assurance in verse nine. This time around, the details go to a greater depth before emerging with a triumphal witness to take courage and wait upon the goodness and kindness of the Lord God of heaven and earth. I would call this section the Psalmist?s personal lament. After the bold confession of earlier verses, here we sense the reality of the ongoing conflict within the context of a barely sanctified human condition. It is sadly the fact of a continuing humanity in us, the ?old man? with us, as the Apostle realized and described it centuries later. As any person with a strong spiritual sensitivity realizes, sanctification is an ongoing struggle until our Lord returns, or we go to be with Him. We see here David?s self-confessed distress throughout the five verses before us today. Our section may be conveniently divided into four general parts. Besides the opening note of confidence, these include the self-appreciated troubles and exhaustion in verses nine and ten. In verse eleven, the Psalmist outlines the social context of worldly persecution. And in verses twelve and thirteen the two threads are bound together in an unwholesome worldliness that defies any life in the Spirit. Development: We begin in verse nine with a positively stated request: ?Be gracious to me, O Lord.? Here, David realizes the necessity of dependence on the love, mercy and oversight of the God of heaven. Show me Your grace, O Lord and in Your great kindness, remember me, know me ? show me the facets of Your great love. I use the word ?facets? here as indicative of the many surfaces of a diamond, which is meant to reflect any light received back towards the audience which beholds it. Greatly multiplied it seems the sorrows of David have become. And in his confidence, the psalmist lays out a list of details which the Father in heaven may consider before overwhelming them with the light of His countenance. But, we are getting ahead of ourselves here. Why does the psalmist desire the grace of God? He is dying in the midst of life and the distress of his soul here is all too real. In our day and age, stress is a well acknowledged phenomenon. Its un-natural ramifications seem to proceed from the natural side effects of an all to human secularization in American life. Despair is another word by which we may describe a personal reaction to the day after day challenges given to us by the ungodly. I am reminded of Pavlov?s experiments with dogs. Those experiments seemingly serve the purpose of managers and overseers more than they describe the fascinations of hungry and thirsty worldings. By that, I mean there is a real institutional manipulation, done quietly to achieve domination in any field of endeavor. This is usually the work of people most likely to fail in any calling. But for means and purposes beyond their understanding, their empowerment, as it is instituted by liberal humanists is meant to discourage honest and intelligent laborers. Why else would so many obviously impaired leaders be dumped before the electorate in the hopes that some may be elected to worldly power. Again, I am reminded of how psychological tests were used at the beginning of my career to sideline my calling to the ministry. To my High School Guidance counselor, as well as my early mentors in the church, the very thought that the words ?calling? and ?vocation? might be somehow be extraordinary in any spiritual sense, was suspect when it came to my supposed sanity! But, the Lord is indeed gracious ? I have been called to better things than all my worldly adversaries ever supposed. And in the course of dealing with the humanistic challenges, I have ? like David been better prepared to serve the Lord with humility. Immediately after requesting the Lord?s blessing, David?s lament blossoms full bloom. ?Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. for my life is exhausted with sorrow; my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, my bones grow weak.? These troubles are self-appreciated and as a result of the stresses named ? David is exhausted. David?s tears, in the midst of life afflict his soul and body as well. Years ago, someone asked me about my ongoing professional troubles. I admitted that ?my soul did hurt.? And on one occasion, my doctor was worried that several body systems were all too close to collapse. And so I took a six week leave of absence to recover. Several times over the years, I have been exhausted with sighing ? worrying that no matter what I might try and do or say would lead to no good end. My strength failed and my body grew weak ? and why: because, as just another sinful man like David ? I had not the confidence of the Lord?s leading. The next verse, the eleventh describes the social context of David?s troubles: "Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me? All that and more did I experience in the liberal church of my youth. There was always an undercurrent of politics and professional demeaning that accompanied my career. There were people who agreed with me, but all too many stepped aside so as not to be associated with my non-progressive attitudes and thinking. In the church of my fathers, my quaint attachment to the old confessions somehow became all to dangerous to the future of their church. How well, do I know the heart of David here in this psalm. Providentially, we live in a day and age when men are not yet murdered for disagreeing with fallen spirit of the age. But, the shadows of the Reformation and Western Civilization grow dimmer with every passing year. Even in the midst of ruling in Israel, David would be dismissed as a lame duck, centuries before that electoral situation came to light. I am certain that any recent conservative presidents know all too well the poetry of David. Think of Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Bush the elder and younger as they endured all manner of persecution for only trying to do things right. Contemporary history books could easily be understood in the light of verses twelve and thirteen? And in the social contest for a level philosophical playing field over the years, I have known the pain of urgent whisperings to any and all that because of who and what I was ? the only safe things was to ignore anything and everything I believed in and advocated. ?I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel. for I hear the whispering of many - terror on every side! ? as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.? Application: Now, I do not mean to take an unfair opportunity to whine and moan about our contemporary culture. My only purpose is to demonstrate the reality of David?s emotions in the face of spirited opposition to the will of God in His day and time. Of course, we must always carefully measure the intent of our words, ministry and calling before the Lord of all the earth. And yes, I took encouragement in many diverse and different places. Years ago, when I was in Junior High School, my celluloid hero was the character Davey Crockett, the actor who played him made a deep impression upon me when he advised: ?Be certain you are right, and then go ahead.? Given some detailed records from the Honorable Mr Crockett?s service in the United States House of Representatives, those words seem to be almost in tune with the fictional legend that grew up around his name in later years. Of course, he found the end of his days at the Alamo, but that too was a good cause. Let us end our meditation as we began it, the very words that summoned up hope in David?s mind even as he laid his troubled life before the Lord: ?Be gracious to me, O Lord.? What more can we ask, as we carry the Word of His Spirit before the world in our own day and time. Be with me Lord, give me strength to do my duty according to Your promise, strength and purpose. Amen. ====================================================== PREACHING RESOURCES Calvin, John: Commentary on Book of Psalms. Delitzsch, F: Commentary on the Old Testament ? Psalms. Kidner, Derek. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Psalms 1-72. Spurgeon, C.H: Treasury of David. ============================================================================ Permission granted to redistribute unedited versions with this notice. http://www.tulip.org/selah/sel031c.htm To Subscribe or Unsubscribe go to: http://www.four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/ccrlist/