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August 28, 2026 — Personal & Public Integrity
The first section “relates to the king’s heart and home, and the second to his court and city.” —W.G. Scroggie To get the sense of Psalm 101, we need a refresher on the difference between “will” and “shall.” Moderns rarely use the latter, commandeering “will” for each occasion. But there is an important difference. We may have noticed in Psalm 23…
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August 28
CHRIST the APPEARING ONE: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:11-13). Christ…
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August 28 Petition Mission
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness” (Ps 143:1). H. P. Barker tells a story about a poor woman who was being pressed by a tradesman to pay an account which she knew she had already settled. In that case he demanded that…
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August 28
Did religions evolve from polytheism to monotheism? Renowned Assyriologist Stephen Langdon writes: “In my opinion the history of the oldest civilization of man is a rapid decline from monotheism to extreme polytheism and widespread belief in evil spirits. It is in a very true sense the history of the fall of man.” And anthropologist Dr.…
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August 27, 2026 — Psalm 100!
“Make…serve…come…know…enter…praise…bless…” (Ps 100:1-4). Sounds like we’ll be busy! With our arrival at the lovely little Psalm 100, we’re now two-thirds of the way through the Psalter. It’s the only psalm titled “A Psalm of Thanksgiving.” And it certainly is! The pattern could belong in a children’s nursery. Twice over, the psalmist simply tells us what we should do…
