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War Psalms of the Prince of Peace: Lessons from the Imprecatory Psalms is unavailable, but you can change that!

25th Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition. Although the Psalms are much beloved by readers of the Bible, some hostile language in individual psalms may be disconcerting. Are these seemingly vindictive prayers acceptable in the mouths of Christians? How is a pastor supposed to preach these texts? James E. Adams wants us to embrace God’s Word in its entirety, and that means examining the...

Testament that the Lord Jesus made these words His very own during His suffering on earth. But in what sense could David write them? And how much less do these prayers fit me! In the same way, when our minds function well and our hearts feel the weight of our own sin, to call for God to destroy the wicked enemies with the psalmist causes us to falter. I am wicked, too! How can I use such language as my own? Can we ask God that our personal enemies would have their “eyes darkened so they cannot see,
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