“I will sing of the steadfast love of Yahweh forever;

with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.”

- Psalm 89:1

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading: Psalm 89;

06:09 - Introduction;

26:37 - The steadfast love of the Lord—and the apparent collapse of everything promised;

41:46 - Correcting what I said about Spurgeon in #1021;

46:30 - What Allie Beth Stuckey means by toxic empathy;

1:12:55 - Listening to And This Is Why We Homeschool;

1:30:34 - “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive” — Travis Tritt;

1:47:53 - I am not the shepherd—and I am not the wolf;

2:04:10 - Writing my testimony;

2:13:59 - Reviewing church conflict correspondence and timeline;

2:27:53 - Households and churches before grand political ambition.

But I, O Yahweh, cry to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.

— Psalm 88:13 (ESV)

Links and Timestamps:00:25 — Scripture Reading: Psalm 88; 02:58 — Introduction; 12:44 — Commentary on Psalm 88: Faith That Still Cries Out; 26:33 — Commentary on “Which to Bury; Us or the Hatchet?” by Relient K; 42:13 — Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: The Autotelic Personality; 2:03:28 — Honest Faith by Charles Spurgeon: Promises, Work, and Waiting; 2:18:26 — What Remains Worth Doing; 2:38:48 — Conclusion: The Prayer Still Comes Before God;

Yahweh records as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.”- Psalm 87:6

Links and Timestamps: 00:25 – Scripture Reading; 01:28 – Introduction; 13:53 – Commentary on Psalm 87: A Belonging We Do Not Invent; 32:06 – Commentary on “Enemy” by Father of Peace: When the Person We Want Gone Remains Part of Us; 47:45 – Examining My Own Communication: What Did I Actually Say, and What Did It Accomplish?; 1:12:44 – Reflections on Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry: Receiving a Life Together; 1:31:02 – Homecoming, Hospitality, and Receiving Good Beyond Our Own Arrangements; 1:49:40 – Belonging Without Possessing: A Future That Is Not Mine Alone; 2:11:13 – Conclusion: All My Springs Are in You.

"Teach me your way, O Yahweh,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name."

- Psalm 86:11

This Episode's Links & Timestamps:

00:24 - Psalm 86;

02:35 - Introduction;

17:31 - Matthew Henry’s commentary on Psalm 86;

32:31 - How I’ve Been Feeling;

50:01 - “Dance the Pain Away” — Haute & Freddy;

1:05:55 - Times I Have Realized I Was Wrong;

1:41:05 - The Scout Mindset — Julia Galef;

2:25:58 - When Is the Evidence “Enough”?;

2:44:31 - Farming for Dissent;

2:57:02 - When Being Wrong Requires More Than Updating;

3:36:24 - What Would Prove Me Wrong?

Yes, Yahweh will give what is good,

and our land will yield its increase.

- Psalm 85:12

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

01:59 – Introduction – Turning 40 Soon and Two Adult Sons;

15:37 – Commentary on Psalm 85;

44:29 - Commentary on “Train” by TALK;

1:02:07 - Arthur Brooks on PBD—Mid-Life, Mentoring, and Metamorphosis;

1:21:50 - Good to Great by Jim Collins;

1:37:01 - The Culture Map by Erin Meyer;

2:17:41 - Three resulting paradoxes and a Conclusion:

Formation cannot stop at self-understanding. How do I wisely deploy these three paradoxes that have been formed in me?

o I am highly explicit, but highly contextualabout relationships.

o I am low in status-deference, but relativelyhigh in respect for legitimate authority.

o I am peace-seeking, but highly confrontationalwhen I believe principle or duty has been implicated.

“For a day in your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”

- Psalm 84:10

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

02:13 – Introduction;

09:47 – Commentary on Psalm 84;

34:23 - Commentary on “Vienna” by Billy Joel;

58:00 - Jeremy Boreing Receives Backlash for Interviewing Mark Driscoll;

1:53:12 - Back to Church: My Own Personal History with Mark Driscoll;

2:23:44 - Panting for Something More Faithful Than the Seeker Friendly Paradigm;

2:33:49 - Escaping Spiritual Castration: An Alternative tothe Feminized Church;

2:53:04 - C.R. Wiley’s “The Household and the War for the Cosmos”;

3:21:27 - Devotional Blackboard Talk: What Is Devotion?

O God, do not keep silence;

do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

- Psalm 83:1

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

02:15 – Introduction;

12:46 – Commentary on Psalm 83;

36:20 - Commentary on “Layla” by Eric Clapton;

57:05 - The Venerable Bede: One kingdom, two Easters;

1:15:51 - Lindsay Clancy: Chivalry, psychosis, and consequences;

2:04:15 - The dangers outside and the corruption within.

Arise, O God, judge the earth;

for you shall inherit all the nations!

- Psalm 82:8

Links and Timestamps:

00:25 – Scripture Reading;

01:26 – Introduction;

06:26 – Commentary on Psalm 82;

24:14 - Commentary on “Baker Street” by Gerry Rafferty;

53:47 - Social confidence and epistemic reliability are different things;

1:29:38 - Superforecasting in four concepts;

1:47:56 - “Never be wise in your own eyes”;

2:02:06 - Judging justly, none of us is the final Judge.