More Precious Than Gold: 50 Daily Meditations On The Psalms

Synopsis

In his third book of daily meditations, Sam Storms urges readersto not just enter into God's Word but to take the next step towardknowing him and his Word better. And the book of Psalms, Stormsbelieves, is a great place to start, because Psalms is so popularand so very relevant to our experiences today. In More Precious Than Gold, Storms combines years oflife experience and his biblical and theological training to bringreaders 50 brief, daily meditations that are both stylisticallyaccessible and theologically substantive. Each meditation includesa historical or theological reflection on the psalm in context, astory that brings it alive, and creative tools to support the keyidea. Storms also interweaves the words of such luminaries asCharles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, and John Piper to help readersbetter understand the concepts that are featured throughout Psalms:worship, prayer, joy, forgiveness, steadfast love, mercy, sin'sconsequences, the law of the Lord, and our relationship with ourenemies. Like the Psalter, Storms doesn't shy away from the tough issues.Instead, he encourages readers to experience through these dailymeditations what he and generations of Christians have found to betrue: that the whole of the Christian faith is about lifting Godhigher and magnifying his name-even during difficult times.