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God is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms releases in October.

Through brief, practical expositions of all 150 psalms, this volume proclaims, explains, and applies each one in light of the New Testament and the finished work of Jesus Christ the Lord. These reflections are designed to enlighten the mind, warm the heart, strengthen the hands, point to the Saviour, and encourage the soul.

In this Friday Extra we discuss the book with its authors, William Boekestein and Rob Ventura.

Among other things we ask the following: 

— Why write another book on the Psalms? 

— Why should we seek greater familiarity with this biblical book? 

— What do we do with the 'imprecatory Psalms'? 

— How can we read a Psalm with profit when we don't feel like we are connecting with it on an emotional level?

 

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Prayer is indispensable—it is the key ingredient in truly fruitful life and ministry. This week's Magazine Monday looks at a group of nineteenth-century Scottish ministers who knew this to be the case to an extraordinary degree. 

 

Featured resource: 

Jonathan Watson, 'John Milne of Perth and the Importance of Prayer,' Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 617 (February 2015). 

 

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This week's Friday Extra is a short snippet from David McKay, author of Last Things: Preparing for the Future in the Present. This volume is one of our Banner Mini-Guides, concise introductions to essential areas of Christian belief and life. 

 

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What makes a Reformed pastor? Ian Hamilton draws out some lessons from the strengths and weaknesses of the seventeenth-century Scottish pastor, Samuel Rutherford. 

 

Featured resource: 

Ian Hamilton, 'Marks of a Reformed Pastor: Lessons from Samuel Rutherford,' Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 617 (February 2015). 

 

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What do we need to know when melancholy comes knocking? Where do we turn when the darkness does not lift? 

This week's Magazine Monday is a reading from the Edinburgh minister John Colquhoun (1748–1827). The October 1971 issue of the magazine included the following excerpt from Colquhoun's Treatise on Spiritual Comfort (1814). 

 

Featured resource: 

John Colquhoun, 'Directions to Christians Afflicted with Melancholy,' Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 97 (October 1971). 

 

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