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“Green Pastures and Still Waters, A Soul Restored”: Food for the Journey, But Not as We Will

“Green Pastures and Still Waters, A Soul Restored”: Food for the Journey, But Not as We Will

third in a guest series by Myles Werntz on Psalm 23 and the moral life

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This is the third in Myles’ excellent series on the moral vision of Psalm 23. If you missed them, here’s Part 1:

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“The Lord is My Shepherd”: The Moral Life Begins with the God Who Is
The 23rd Psalm opens up with a curious equivocation, a “this is that” movement, introducing THE LORD as the shepherd. We’ll return to what this equation of the creator of all things with a sheepherder, but we first begin by asking about the verb that holds the equation together: the “is…
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3 years ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Myles Werntz

and Part 2:

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"I Shall Not Want": Desire is Good, Actually
The first statement that the 23rd Psalm drives into us is the largest framework of the moral life—that we live our lives on borrowed time and borrowed soil, led by the God who is bound up in time with us. God is not the cosmic tyrant, but the shepherd, the Holy One in the tent in the desert, the crucified Lord lying dead…
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3 years ago · 8 likes · Myles Werntz

If you’re not already, sign up to follow his substack, Christian Ethics in the Wild, here. And check out his recently published books, as well (both published this year by Baker Academic: From Isolation to Community: A Renewed Vis…

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Myles Werntz
Professor and author/editor of eight books in ethics/theology. Available for consultation for churches, universities, and nonprofits.
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