Denise and I are playing the offertory in church Sunday, going back again to this Norman Clayton song, written in 1943. It was His love for me That nailed Him to the tree, To die in agony For all my sin. For my own guilt and blame The great Redeemer came, Willing to bear the…
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Wealth at your fingertips
How much wealth we have, right at our fingertips, which is so easily overlooked or ignored. Reading through Gadsby’s Hymns, I came on these two Charles Wesley hymns, found back to back at numbers 1053 and 1054, and most likely found in most hymnals of the last century. The words may be familiar to you,…
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Liturgy, Scripture and preaching
Here are two blogs by Zac Hicks discussing a more liturgical worship setting, and whether it means less emphasis on preaching and yet a greater emphasis on Scripture. I agree with him that there has to be room for all three. A formal liturgy, along with a significant focus on Scripture does not have to…
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The Power of the Cross
We sang this song in church today to close the service. Novel idea, I know, to close the service with a song. The song is relatively new, written in 2005 by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. Great words, and a melody that keeps you singing it all day long. Here are the lyrics (click on…
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In the Image of God
Where’s the beef?
A great commercial for Wendy’s years ago (1984) used this phrase “Where’s the beef?” to bring to light the diminishing patty in some fast food hamburgers. Bob Kauflin, in his blog Worship Matters, asks a similar question about our worship patterns. He is much more articulate than Clara Heller was in her three words, but…
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Did you know…
Today, July 17, is Isaac Watts birthday. He was born in 1674, making him 336 years old. Check out more about him here. Watts wrote a number of hymns we still sing today, and put every Psalm to music for the church to sing. Some of his more well-known hymns include “When I Survey the…
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Thoughts on worship
Here is a great post by Matthew Smith on his use of contemporary settings of hymns in worship. “The lyrics I was singing were not about my desires and how much I wanted to worship God, they were about Jesus and His desires, and they gave specific and beautiful reasons why He was worthy of worship.…
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Morning by morning
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. These words come from Jeremiah, in his book of Lamentations. They have been used as the basis for at least one great hymn and a couple of contemporary worship choruses. They…
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Pardon me
What a great song this is by Samuel Davies, president of the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton. GREAT God of wonders! all Thy ways Are matchless, God-like, and divine; But the fair glories of Thy grace More God-like and unrivall’d shine: Who is a pardoning God like Thee? Or who has grace…
