Quote by Tremper Longman III Download Open image ““We can’t read the Psalms without an emotional response.”” — Tremper Longman III ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“if we follow the example of the psalmist The Psalms are an honest expression of emotions.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“As the psalmists cry out in joy or grief, they stir us as we identify similar emotions in ourselves.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“The only way to understand the Psalms is on your knees, the whole congregation praying the words of the Psalms with all its strength.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The Psalms give us a foolproof formula for speaking to the Lord of our sorrows: Complain. Trust. Repeat.” — Daria Sockey Copy Share Image
“To recognize that the Psalms call us to pray and sing at the intersections of the times--of our time and God's time, of the… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“This is stunning. The psalmist thanks God for testing his covenant people, for refining them under the pressure of some extraordinarily difficult circumstances and… — D.A. Carson Copy Share Image
I love the intensity of the Psalms. No-one ever sounds bored about God or about life in the Psalms. — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
“Darling, the psalm tells us that we must walk through the valley. we cannot walk around it, I'm afraid.” — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
“We do not read the Bible aright until we learn to read it as the Story of Israel that comes to completion — fulfillment… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“We believe that if the Bible is God speaking, then the most important posture of the Christian before the Bible is to listen.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Everything that he had had was a gift from God, given to him during his life. He came into the world with nothing (naked).… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“The presence of [precious] materials in the wilderness can be explained only as a result of the so-called plundering of the Egyptians (Ex. 12:33-35).… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“The author(s) of the Pentateuch believed that God actually created the universe in the past, Abraham migrated from Mesopotamia to Palestine, Moses parted the… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“if we follow the example of the psalmist The Psalms are an honest expression of emotions.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“1–2. Job speaks. At the conclusion of the epilogue, we heard that Job sat in silence with his three friends for seven days. The… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Worship in many churches is a spectator sport. If we listen to the commands of the psalmist, our worship will radically change.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Thus one of the important contributions of the book of Job (as well as Ecclesiastes)[108] is to undermine the idea that retribution theology works… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Divorce confuses the church today because marriage confuses. And marriage confuses the church today because love confuses.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
