Psalm 41 – Derek: Meditating on the Way

August 12, 2026

Who is favored or “happy”? Psalm 41 teaches it is the one who considers the poor and lives with integrity despite their own failings. Such people are assaulted by enemies, particularly cosmic powers, whom God will defeat. Yahweh is gracious and raises the Psalmist from a deathbed to renewed life. Jesus quotes this Psalm at […]

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Ignatius of Antioch: Assembly as Witness Against the Powers

February 23, 2024

Therefore, make every effort to come together more frequently to give thanks and glory to God. For when you meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are overthrown, and his destructiveness is nullified by the unanimity of your faith. There is nothing better than peace, by which all warfare among those in heaven and those […]

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