Messages by Desiring God Delighting in the Law of God
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Jul 21, 1980 A thoughtful walk through Psalm 1, tracing its argument about two kinds of people and their destinies. Reflection on how poetry and logic combine in the Psalms. Encouragement to unite mind and heart in worship and to cultivate delight and meditation on God’s instruction. Practical steps for growing a taste for Scripture and imagining the Word as a sustaining river.
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Think Deeply While You Feel Deeply
- Integrate sound thinking with deep feeling so worship engages both mind and heart.
- Piper urges the congregation: be clear in your heads and warm in your hearts, singing with spirit and mind.
Psalms Present Moral Arguments
- Psalms contain arguments that combine head and heart, not just emotion or song.
- John Piper reads Psalm 1 by extracting its logical structure: two kinds of people, two destinies, and the decisive difference of delighting or scoffing at God's law.
Poem Reveals Hidden Argument
- Piper reads a poem he wrote for his wife to show poems have arguments that enhance emotion.
- The poem's phrase "so that" reveals the poem's true purpose: praising the mother by praising the sons.
