Songs of Ascent I – The Lord My Deliverer (Psalm 120)

Making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

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Songs of Ascent I – The Lord My Deliverer (Psalm 120)

Songs of Ascent

The Songs of Ascent are a collection of Psalms (running from Psalm 120 through to Psalm 135) which pilgrims sang as they travelled towards Jerusalem and up to the temple, and the psalmist begins his journey (and this series of songs) with, ‘In my distress I called to the Lord’. In this first of a 15 part series, Andy Evans deals with such questions as ‘Why is the Psalmist distressed?’, ‘How should believers think about persecution and suffering?’, and ‘Is there a place for lament in the light of the New Testament?

To see the introductory video for this series, click here.

To view or download the notes for this sermon, click here.