The Message of Psalms 1-72: Songs for the People of God (Bible Speaks Today) - Softcover

Wilcock, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083081244X ISBN 13: 9780830812448

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2001

Synopsis

The book of Psalms is a favorite of Christians, even though we frequently read it in portions and pieces, hopscotching through the familiar and avoiding the odd, the unpleasant and the difficult. But though the individual psalms arose from an assortment of times, experiences and settings, the book is composed in a deliberate pattern, not as a random anthology. The meaning of the Psalms is discovered in this pattern and order. Michael Wilcock has written a sort of travel guide to the Psalms. In this volume, he invites us to begin our journey through the gateway of Psalms 1 and 2, with their summons to obedience. In the second volume, The Message of Psalms 73--150, he ends with Psalm 150, singing its song of praise. In between we pass through all the "yes, buts" of faith--the conflicts, the burdens, the mysteries and the sufferings of life. In these laments and praises, hymns and liturgies, the Bible continues to speak clearly today

About this title

Review:

"'Today is the day we live in. Today is the day we need to hear the voice of God. The Bible Speaks Today series makes that wonderfully possible.' Elaine Storkey"

About the Author:

Wilcock was formerly director of pastoral studies at Trinity College, Bristol. He has now also retired from many years of pastoring churches in the United Kingdom, most recently St. Nicholas' Church, Durham.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 083081244X
• ISBN 13: 9780830812448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255