Christians, dismiss your fear! The Lord is risen indeed! Let every breast with gladness glow, And every mouth sing praise.
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New Christmas Music from Sojourn
Sojourn Music, a ministry of Sojourn Church, just released a new Christmas CD, “A Child Is Born”, with many reworked carols and a couple of new songs (at least to me). Sojourn Music has done a number of CDs, but my favorites are the two based on the works of Isaac Watts, the 18th century…
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Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
I’m singing the offertory Sunday, doing one of my favorite songs, but with a new melody. I wrote about it earlier, in this blog post, but the text bears repeating here. The lyrical melody line is nothing like what you’ve sung in the past or heard on “Little House On the Prairie” and breathes new…
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What a place to hide!
Now may the God of peace and love
Now may the God of peace and love. Who from th’ imprisoning grave Restored the Shepherd of the sheep, Omnipotent to save; Through the rich merits of that blood Which He on calvary spilt, To make the eternal covenant sure On which our hopes are built; Perfect our souls in every grace, To accomplish all…
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Who can refuse to sing?
To Christ the Lord let every tongue Its noblest tribute bring: When He’s the subject of the song, Who can refuse to sing? Survey the beauties of His face, And on His glories dwell; Think of the wonders of His grace, And all His triumphs tell. Majestic sweetness sits enthroned Upon His awful brow; His…
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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Kevin DeYoung has added two posts to his blog on The Gospel Coalition blog site regarding the music used in churches. If you’re at all interested in the subject, they’re very good reading. He’s titled it “Ten Principles for Church Song” and it comes in two parts, five principles each. The first five are here. The…
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Jesus Paid It All
We’ve just celebrated Memorial Day in the US, a day when we remember those soldiers who have given their life to protect our freedom and way of life. This hymn, written 145 years ago, brings us back to the One who gave His life for more than our temporal freedom here in the US. His…
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God’s Healing Touch
Thinking about and praying tonight for three men struggling for life – a friend from high school battling cancer, a friend from Indian River battling a debilitating neurological disease that has spread to his brain, and the new pastor of a local church who has undergone surgery to try to repair the damage from a…
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On being wise
… the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the…
