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My heart is astir with a pleasant theme. I address my verses to the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready scribe. —Psalm 45:1

In the forty-fifth psalm, the psalmist, overflowing with praise at the sight of the King of kings, Jesus Christ the Savior, pours out his most fervent worship in a “song of loves”. Psalm 45 Publications exists as an exercise in the same vein. The works published are functionally and stylistically diverse, but they have all arisen as an overflow of love that has been stirred up by the sight of King Jesus our God, whose throne is forever and ever, and whose scepter is a scepter of righteousness.

Nearly all of the writings you may find on this page are also available to be purchased in book form, or freely downloaded as electronic books, at my storefront. The purpose of Psalm 45 Publications is to disseminate Christ-centered and gospel-saturated literature as freely and widely as possible, so please make free use of anything you find helpful; and if you would benefit from having a physical copy of any book, but cannot afford to purchase one, e-mail me via the link provided under the tab on the sidebar titled “Site Information,” and we'll work something out.

Solus Christus

Nathan Pitchford

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NEW BOOKS (available in print and FREE download)

The Greatness of the Love of Christ (a book-length meditation inspired by Paul's prayer for the Church in Ephesians 3, seeks to explore the boundless dimensions of the all-surpassing love of Christ for his Church.)

Themes in Theology, volumes 1-4 (Volume 1 - Christ and the Cross; Volume 2 - The Church: Its Mission and Worship; Volume 3 - The Word: Hermeneutics and Biblical Studies; Volume 4 - Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology)

Recent Articles

Breaking Us Down to Bind Us Up | July 26, 2010

Psalm Thirteen: Lighten My Eyes, Lest I Sleep in Death! | July 19, 2010

Psalm Twelve: Save, O Yahweh, Because the Godly One Has Come to an End! | July 12, 2010

Psalm Eleven: If the Foundations Be Destroyed, What Can the Righteous Do? | July 5, 2010

Book Review: Burning Down the Shack, by James B. De Young | June 29, 2010

Psalm Ten: Arise, O Yahweh! O God, Lift Up Your Hand! | June 28, 2010

Note to the Reader (Read First!) | June 23, 2010

Patristics for Protestants | June 23, 2010

Psalm Nine: Yahweh Sits Enthroned Forever | June 21, 2010

Book Review: This Is My Body, by Thomas J. Davis | June 19, 2010

Psalm Eight: What Is Man, That You Are Mindful of Him? | June 14, 2010

Book Review: God’s Lyrics, by Douglas Sean O’Donnell | June 11, 2010

Psalm Seven: Judge Me, O Yahweh, According to My Righteousness | June 7, 2010

Book Review: From the Resurrection to His Return, by Don Carson | June 5, 2010

Book Review: Before God, by Mike Sarkissian | June 2, 2010

Psalm Six: Rebuke Me Not in Your Anger | May 31, 2010

Book Review: The Good News We Almost Forgot, by Kevin DeYoung | May 27, 2010

Psalm Five: In the Morning You Will Hear My Voice | May 24, 2010

Book Review: This Is For You, by Jimmy Hopper, Tim Lien, and Eric Venable | May 18, 2010

Psalm Four: In Peace I Will Lie Down and Sleep | May 18, 2010

Images of the Savior (4 – The Downfall of Jericho) | May 15, 2010

Music Album: Elation Foundation, by Evangel | May 15, 2010

Book Review: Indwelling Sin in Believers, by John Owen | May 12, 2010

Psalm Three: I Lay Down and Slept; I Woke Again | May 10, 2010

Images of the Savior (3 – The Crossing of the Jordan) | May 7, 2010

Psalm Two: Today I Have Begotten You | May 3, 2010

Images of the Savior (2 – The Salvation of Rahab) | April 28, 2010

Psalm One: Blessed is the Man | April 26, 2010

Images of the Savior (1 – Joshua’s Succession of Moses) | April 22, 2010

Images of the Savior from the Psalms (Prologue) | April 19, 2010

Chapter Twelve: We Love Him Because He First Loved Us | April 12, 2010

Book Review: The Shepherd Leader, by Timothy Z. Witmer | April 10, 2010

Book Endorsement: Before God, by Mike Sarkissian | April 9, 2010

Chapter Eleven: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in That Our Redemption Uniquely Declares His Divine Glory | April 5, 2010

Book Review: The Trials of Theology, edited by Andrew J. B. Cameron and Brian S. Rosner | April 3, 2010

Chapter Ten: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in His Causing That Very Love to Arise in Our Hearts, That We Might Have Fellowship with Him in Love | March 29, 2010

Chapter Nine: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in the Purity of His Motivation | March 22, 2010

Ipsissima Lux | March 18, 2010

Chapter Eight: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in His Subjection of All Else to His Purpose of Redeeming Us. | March 1, 2010

Book Review: The Christ of the Empty Tomb, by James Montgomery Boice | February 26, 2010

Chapter Seven: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in the Particularity with Which He Loved Us | February 22, 2010

Book Review: Roots: Let the Old Testament Speak, by Alec Motyer | February 15, 2010

Chapter Six: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in the Constancy of His Affection | February 15, 2010

Chapter Five: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in the Manifold Riches He Has Given Us | February 8, 2010

Book Review: Small Things, Big Things, by Michael A. Milton | February 6, 2010

Chapter Four: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in the Extent to Which He Went in Making Us His Own | February 1, 2010

Book Review: Our Secure Salvation, by Robert A. Peterson | January 30, 2010

Strangers in a Hostile Land – 1 Peter 2:11 | January 25, 2010

Christ and the Cross (Themes in Theology, vol. 1) | January 25, 2010

The Church: Its Mission and Worship (Themes in Theology, vol. 2) | January 25, 2010

The Word: Hermeneutics and Biblical Studies (Themes in Theology, vol. 3) | January 25, 2010

Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology (Themes in Theology, vol. 4) | January 25, 2010

Strangers in a Hostile Land | January 25, 2010

Book Review: Calvin and the Sabbath, by Richard Gaffin | January 21, 2010

Chapter Three: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in Our Unworthiness to be Loved | January 18, 2010

Book Review: Sola Scriptura, edited by Don Kistler | January 16, 2010

Chapter Two: The Greatness of the Love of Christ is Displayed in the Unparalleled Broadness of its Essential Nature | January 11, 2010

Book Review: The Elder, by Cornelis Van Dam | January 9, 2010

The Greatness of the Love of Christ – Ephesians 3:14-19 | January 6, 2010

Chapter One: Paul’s Prayer for the Church in Ephesians Three | January 5, 2010