Synopses & Reviews
“What becomes of the brokenhearted?”
Do you remember this now-classic music hit? Well, this question certainly long predates that 1960s hit, and is still around today as the heart-cry of every person who has been affected by the brutal experiences of life.
The writers of Scripture wrestled with these same experiences and resulting emotions, and nowhere are the personal depths of grief and the cries of the broken heart more clearly revealed than in the Psalms. In fact, no book of the Bible is more transparent than the Psalms, where the songwriters deal honestly with all of the events of life, including its darkest moments. Through their honest, gut-level responses to their real-life circumstances, the psalmists show what it means to live through the emotions all of us feel at some time in our lives.
In Singing the Songs of the Brokenhearted, Bible teacher and author Bill Crowder offers an insightful exploration of ten of these psalms, including:
Psalm 6: The Heart Broken by Grief Psalm 12: The Heart Broken by Despair
Psalm 13: The Heart Broken by Defeat Psalm 32: The Heart Broken by Guilt
Psalm 39: The Heart Broken by Fear Psalm 42: The Heart Broken by Desperation
Psalm 56: The Heart Broken by Hate Psalm 69: The Heart Broken by Stress
Psalm 73: The Heart Broken by Unfairness Psalm 22: The Heart Broken by Sin
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,” assures the psalmist. In a pain-filled world, only He can heal our broken hearts.
Synopsis
The author shows how the emotional honesty of the Psalms reveals not only the truth about our own hearts, but also about the God who heals the brokenhearted.
Synopsis
Nowhere are the personal depths of grief and the cry of the broken heart more clearly revealed than in the Psalms. Through their honest, gut-level responses to their real-life circumstances, the psalmists show joy, anger, bitterness, guilt, resentment, vindictiveness, and most of the other emotions all of us feel at some time in our lives. In looking carefully at Psalms 6, 12, 13, 22, 32, 39, 42, 56, 69, and 73, the author explains how they reveal the truth about our own grief, despair, defeat, guilt, fear, desperation, hate, stress, unfairness, and sin. “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,” assures the psalmist. In a pain-filled world, only He can heal our broken hearts.
About the Author
Bill Crowder, who spent over twenty years in pastoral ministry, is vice president of ministry content at ODB Ministries. He is a contributor to Our Daily Bread and the author of five books, including The Spotlight on Faith, Singing the Songs of the Brokenhearted, and The Path of His Passion. He and his wife, Marlene, have five children.