Praying the Hardest Psalms with Jesus

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How should Christians approach imprecatory psalms? For many readers today, these psalms that call down evil against enemies come off as self-righteous and obsessed with vengeance and hatred toward others. How do they fit with Jesus’ teaching to love our enemies and His instructions to announce the blessing of the Gospel to all through repentance and faith? In this talk, we examine some of the most difficult psalms, concerning personal enemies and nations that attack God’s people.

The following lecture was given for Forum of Christian Leaders as a ELF Workshop.

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Steffen Jenkins

Steffen G. Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Greek and Biblical Studies at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He has served as Lecturer in Old Testament at various seminaries in Cuba and was previously a tutor in Biblical Languages at Tyndale House, in Cambridge, England. He is the author of Imprecations in the Psalms: Love for Enemies in Hard Places; Scripture Is Inspired and the forthcoming Hearing God’s Voice in Leviticus and Enjoy the Psalms.
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Steffen Jenkins

Steffen G. Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Greek and Biblical Studies at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He has served as Lecturer in Old Testament at various seminaries in Cuba and was previously a tutor in Biblical Languages at Tyndale House, in Cambridge, England. He is the author of Imprecations in the Psalms: Love for Enemies in Hard Places; Scripture Is Inspired and the forthcoming Hearing God’s Voice in Leviticus and Enjoy the Psalms.