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Psalm 22:1-15

Proper 23B

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Psalm 22 is a psalm of lament that expresses the poet’s anguish at his enemies’ relentless and ferocious attacks on him.  It contains the kind of honesty with God that 21st century Christians seem sometimes reluctant to express.  So how does such a lament fit into the season of…

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Psalm 22:25-31

Easter 5B

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Psalm 22 is poignant prayer of lament of a persecuted child of God.  It begins with the anguished cry, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  Yet throughout much of the psalm, the psalmist prays as though she’s not entirely certain that God is even listening to…

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Psalm 22:23-31

Lent 2B

Notes and Observations Christians who read this psalm, particularly during the season of Lent, can hardly do so without hearing Jesus’ groan as he dangles between heaven and earth on the cross.  After all, both Mark 15:34 and Matthew 27:46 quote him as praying verse 1’s, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”…

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The God-Forsaken God

Meditation for Holy Week on Psalm 22 by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. at the Calvin College Chapel on April 11, 2006. Used by permission of the Calvin College Chapel.

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Never Abandoned

from 2006

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