Deeper Places: Experiencing God in the Psalms

by Matthew Jacoby

Publisher:

Baker

, 2013

Overview

For over 15 years, pastor and musician Matthew Jacoby has been studying the Psalms and setting them to music as they were intended. In Deeper Places, he presents an authentic spirituality that will help you dive deep beneath the surface to experience the kind of profound joy that the psalmists sang about.

In the Logos edition, this volume is enhanced by amazing functionality. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform powerful searches to find exactly what you’re looking for. Take the discussion with you using tablet and mobile apps. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.

Key Features

• Focuses on encountering God through Scripture
• Shows readers how to worship through the Psalms
• Emphasizes a traditional reading of the Psalms

Contents

• The Richness of Complexity
• The Art of Reorientation
• The Pursuit of Sadness
• The Joy of Brokenness
• Optimistic Realism
• The Anatomy of Happiness
• Creative Contradictions
• The Waiting Room
• The Liberation of Desire
• The Happiest Man
• The Rest of Worship
• The Power of Debt
• Joy Is Love
• The Praise of Enjoyment
• The Flight of Joy

Top Highlights

“David, who wrote many of the psalms, was filled with the Spirit and understood himself to be a child of God by the grace of God alone.” (Pages 27–28)

“The meaning of any part of Scripture is found when we discover what God is doing by having the text say what it is saying.” (Page 12)

“We are trapped in our own defensiveness and self-deceit. We are trapped by our own desire to be autonomous and sovereign.” (Page 46)

“Relationship is a mode of life in which we choose to open ourselves to another person to be known and to know” (Page 21)

“You cannot rejoice in salvation if you have not allowed yourself to feel the sadness of alienation” (Page 33)

Praise for the Print Edition

Few have understood the Psalms as well as Matthew Jacoby. He has sung them, taught them, and lived them for as long as he can remember. As such, he is a worthy guide for those seeking the more authentic, biblical, and earthy faith found in them.

—Alan Hirsch, author, The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church

Matthew Jacoby is a musician, a theologian, and a pastor—a unique blend of calling and gifting that makes him ideally equipped to explore the ancient Hebrew songbook.

—Stuart Briscoe, founder, Telling the Truth Ministries

Product Details

• Title: Deeper Places: Experiencing God in the Psalms
• Author: Matthew Jacoby
• Publisher: Baker
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 192
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Devotional use
• ISBNs: 9780801015205, 0801015200
• Resource ID: LLS:DEEPERPLACES
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:15:43Z

About Matthew Jacoby

Matthew Jacoby is the teaching pastor at Barrabool Hills Baptist Church in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and the leading member of the Psalms project band Sons of Korah. He has a doctorate in philosophical theology from the University of Melbourne.