1. Why Christians are commanded to pray down curses upon their enemies. This episode, Christ in the Psalms, by Patrick Henry Reardon. What's an imprecatory psalm? Why are we taught by Scripture to pray imprecatory psalms, but have largely excluded such prayers from our churches? How does psalm 5 point us to Jesus and culture simultaneously?
  2. Dr. Paulson and Caleb talk about God’s assassination attempt against Moses.
  3. Dr. Paulson and Caleb talk about the ways people try and use God’s law to secure and confirm election. This conversation leads toward the distinction between the commands and the promises of God.
  4. Who is a true child of God? Who is a true child of the promise? Paul gives a surprising allegory that helps us understand just how easily we fall into the trap of selling ourselves back into spiritual slavery.
  5. Paul shows that the Law was never intended to save, but that salvation comes only through promise. The Law merely served as an instructor until the coming of the promised Christ.
  6. When we are suffering persecutions, falsely accused and battling our own emotions, the truth of His grace is greater than anything that can attack us, including ourown thoughts.
  7. Asking God to be gracious to me, because my enemies are trampling on me.
  8. The Psalm is written in the cave, referring to the time David was hiding from Saul and his soldiers.
  9. David states a very bold accusation that God has rejected and abandoned him. The land is quaking, shaking and full of tragedy.
  10. This Psalm describes the wicked and the arrogant thoughts and scenes of wicked preying upon the poor.
  11. A call for God to hear our cries, a call for the Good Shepherd to carry His people. Going down to the pit, a prayer that God rescue him, lest he end up stuck there forever.