The Minstrel's Posture in the Not-Yet Faith and hope are inseparable. While in the middle of this study on Psalm 42, on the psalmist's practice of speaking to his soul, on what it means to hope in God — Holy Spirit brought a scripture to me: "Now faith is the...

A Word Study From Psalm 42 That Changes Everything One morning while I was reading Psalm 42, a phrase kept coming up. Not once. Not twice. Over and over, the same three words: Hope in God. Hope in God. Now for me, that kind of repetition is not accidental. That is...

Governing the Inner Man through Prophetic Self-Declaration and Praise and Worship Governing the inner man is one of the most critical assignments of the minstrel. There is a version of worship that is purely expressive — you sing what you feel, you play what the...