When All Seems Out of Control | Psalm 2

Passion City Church DC Podcast

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Pastor Ben Stuart delves deep into a Psalm that was integral to the early Church. Join us as we look at Psalm 2 and discover what we can do when we feel out of control.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church D.C. podcast. To learn more about Passion City Church,
0:07.0	including our gathering times in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., visit us online at PassionCitychurch.com.
0:13.4	Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:20.4	Well, we are continuing in our series of the summer and the Psalms, and I would imagine
0:25.3	some of you are asking, why would you read that song?
0:31.1	They gave you options, right?
0:33.5	You could have gone with Psalm 1 about us being like a tree planted by streams of water.
0:38.3	That would have been nice.
0:39.3	Or Psalm 84 about better as one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere,
0:43.3	or even Psalm 118 about the steadfast love of the Lord that endures forever.
0:47.3	Why on earth, out of 150 Psalms, did you pick the one about raging kings and God laughing as he smashes them?
0:55.7	What is a matter with you?
0:58.8	Well, by way of review, the Psalms, if you don't know, that massive book in the center of your Bible,
1:04.9	the Psalms were a collection of poems, of songs that were collected over hundreds of years.
1:10.3	Some as far back as Moses, around 1,200 BC, up through most of them within the life of David,
1:17.0	around 1,000 BC, and all through the whole history of the nation of Israel.
1:22.0	And this was the songbook of the people of God in the Old Testament.
1:27.3	But it wasn't just the songbook of the people of God in the Old Testament. It was also the songbook of the people of God in the Old Testament. But it wasn't just the songbook of the people of God
1:29.4	in the Old Testament. It was also the songbook of the people of God in the New Testament. These were the
1:34.6	songs they sang. And so last month, we were talking about the songs that help us process our emotions.
1:41.8	When I feel X, how does this Psalm help me navigate the complexity
1:45.7	of the human emotional experience? In July, what we decided to do was pick a different way
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