Biblical Studies: Meditations on the Psalms
Overview
In this collection, Sam Storms draws upon 38 years of experience as a professor, a pastor, and an author to provide accessible and insightful commentaries, as well as general Bible reading tips. For every book of the Bible covered here, he includes detailed introductions, personal commentaries, and suggestions for further reading; for Psalms, Corinthians, and Revelations, he also includes guides for daily devotions and meditations. Through this series of hundreds of articles, Storms helps readers get more out of the Bible by giving interpretive clues and discussing controversial issues such as divorce and remarriage, infant deaths, the power of demons, and more. In Meditations on the Psalms, Storms equips you with tools for meaningful daily devotions on the book of Psalms.
Top Highlights
“Delight, not mere duty, should characterize our study of God’s Word. Reading the law of God is for the purpose of rejoicing in what is read.” (Psalm 1:1–3)
“The reason we delight in the law of the Lord is because that is how we get God!” (Psalm 1:1–3)
“The lesson is that whereas sin is certainly personal, in many cases it is anything but private!” (Psalm 51)
“The happiness for which we are eternally destined is a state of soul in which we experience and express optimum ecstasy in God. Happiness is the whole soul resting in God and rejoicing that so beautiful and glorious a Being is ours. Happiness is the privilege of being enabled by God’s grace to enjoy making much of him forever (Piper). I’m talking about the ineffable and unending pleasure of blissful union with and the joyful celebration of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is a joy of such transcendent quality that no persecution or pain or deprivation can diminish, nor wealth or success or prosperity can enhance. It’s what Paul had in mind in Philippians 4:11 when he spoke of a satisfaction in Christ that was beyond the reach of either adversity or abundance.” (Psalm 1:1–3)
“Said Edwards: ‘God created man for nothing else but happiness. He created him only that he might communicate happiness to him’ (Sermons and Discourses 1723–1729, The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume 14. Edited by Kenneth P. Minkema [New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997], pp. 145–46).” (Psalm 1:1–3)
- Title: Meditations on the Psalms
- Author: Sam Storms
- Series: Biblical Studies
- Publisher: Sam Storms
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:BIBLICALSTUDIESMEDPS
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:15:52Z
Sam Storms earned a ThM in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a PhD in intellectual history from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries, senior pastor of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a former visiting professor of theology at Wheaton College. He has authored over two dozen books and served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society.