The Songs of Sons of Korah
This exhibit highlights some of the Psalms selected for our summer pulpit topic series. Korah was a rebel, (cf. Numbers 16), and he was punished immediately and severely for taking part in a group that opposed Moses’s authority.
That said, the descendants of Korah became singers in the courts of the Jewish temple and were known as those who used their worship artistry to bring glory to God.
This show hopes to bring emphasis to some of the themes in the songs of these godly sons of Korah. Their ancestral background was flawed but their contribution was great to the canon of Scriptural worship songs we enjoy and learn from today.
Pastor Robb expanded this thought in his first sermon on Psalm 44. He shared that the Bible is not a story about great men [though there are heroes of the faith] but about the great God of those men. Korah and his descendants certainly remind us of this timeless truth. Hope you enjoy the exhibit.
The Ladder and the Cross
By: Dennis J. Borgerding
I climbed that first rung of the ladder today
I worked hard to achieve this rung
You should be proud of yourself that all say
But all I can see is that next rung
I climbed the second rung of the ladder of success today
The fight was so tough for this rung
From my new office window I could see the bay
But all I really see is that next rung
The third rung was much more difficult
So many others to climb over for this rung
Their falling behind is not my fault
But now I am looking towards that next rung
Up and up I climbed
More and more left behind
To the top I climbed
Not bothering with those behind
I have climbed to the top of the ladder of success
The corner office with a view of all below
But the office, the view does not satisfy my desire for success
Then I viewed a simple cross below
I cannot bridge the gap between the ladder and the cross
That lowly cross propped up on a small steeple
Why am I so fixated on that lowly cross
As I stand on the pinnacle of the success steeple
Down the ladder I go and out the door
Across the gap to that little church
There before the cross I knelt on the floor
There I found what I desired as I sat on a little perch
I climbed the ladder of success
I knelt low below a rugged cross
One gave me no satisfaction
The other brought me life.
