The Songs of Ascent are a collection within the book of Psalms designed for singing on the way to the Temple. They are pilgrim songs, expressing a yearning for God and a delight in his presence. Stuart Holman explores this series of Psalms against the back drop of a ‘COVID lockdown’, inviting a godly dissatisfaction with present circumstances to drive us towards intimacy with God.
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The Songs of Ascent: Psalm 127
The Songs of Ascent are a collection within the book of Psalms designed for singing on the way to the Temple. They are pilgrim songs, expressing a yearning for God and a delight in his presence. Stuart Holman explores this series of Psalms against the back drop of a ‘COVID lockdown’, inviting a godly dissatisfaction with present circumstances to drive us towards intimacy with God.
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The Songs of Ascent: Psalm 123
The Songs of Ascent are a collection within the book of Psalms designed for singing on the way to the Temple. They are pilgrim songs, expressing a yearning for God and a delight in his presence. Stuart Holman explores this series of Psalms against the back drop of a ‘COVID lockdown’, inviting a godly dissatisfaction with present circumstances to drive us towards intimacy with God.
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The Songs of Ascent: Psalm 122
The Songs of Ascent are a collection within the book of Psalms designed for singing on the way to the Temple. They are pilgrim songs, expressing a yearning for God and a delight in his presence. Stuart Holman explores this series of Psalms against the back drop of a ‘COVID lockdown’, inviting a godly dissatisfaction with present circumstances to drive us towards intimacy with God.
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The Songs of Ascent: Psalm 121
The Songs of Ascent are a collection within the book of Psalms designed for singing on the way to the Temple. They are pilgrim songs, expressing a yearning for God and a delight in his presence. Stuart Holman explores this series of Psalms against the back drop of a ‘COVID lockdown’, inviting a godly dissatisfaction with present circumstances to drive us towards intimacy with God.
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The Songs of Ascent: Psalm 120
The Songs of Ascent are a collection within the book of Psalms designed for singing on the way to the Temple. They are pilgrim songs, expressing a yearning for God and a delight in his presence. Stuart Holman explores this series of Psalms against the back drop of a ‘COVID lockdown’, inviting a godly dissatisfaction with present circumstances to drive us towards intimacy with God.
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Psalm 22
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 22 is David’s cry for help that was only truly inhabited by Jesus on the cross.
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Psalm 19
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 19 is a wisdom Psalm that meditates on God’s revelation of himself.
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Psalm 14
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 14 is a wisdom Psalm that wrestles with the fatal flaw of fallen human nature.
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Psalms 9-10
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalms 9 and 10 work together to explore the problem of injustice in the face of God’s sovereignty.
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Psalm 8
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 8 overwhelms us with the majesty of God and the impact of his praise, inviting us to declare his greatness over all creation.
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Psalm 6
The book of Psalms is a collection of prayers and songs that are, above all, formational. The Psalms teach us how to pray, how to interact with the living God: they form us, they mature us and they stretch us in our knowing and loving of God. Psalm 6 teaches us how to cry out to God for mercy, even from the depths of grief, even when we realise the seriousness of our sin.
