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Ulrich Zwingli’s “Plague Hymn”
This past Lord’s Day, October 31, 2021, was Reformation Day. Each year we thank the Lord for his gracious work and focus on some aspect of his truth that was emphasized during the Reformation. This year our focus was on sola scriptura. We also sang hymns composed by some of the Reformers: John Hus, Martin Read more
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Mailbox Monday
One thing I love about rural life is the variety of just about everything–homes, vehicles, people, and of course mailboxes. No cookie-cutter, plain-vanilla, subdivision-regulated mail receptacles out here! So without further adieu, here is this week’s mailbox from my neck of the woods, one of my all-time favorites– Read more
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Hymn: Prayer is the Soul’s Sincere Desire
A midi of Joan Pinkston’s tune for this hymn by James Montgomery (1771-1854) is available here. Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,Uttered or unexpressed;The motion of a hidden fireThat trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh,The falling of a tear,The upward glancing of an eyeWhen none but God is near. Prayer Read more
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Psalm 96
In Psalm 96 all are called to praise the Lord for his salvation, glory, work of creation, and coming judgment. Such praise is to be uttered by everyone: “all the earth” (vv. 1, 9, 13), “all the peoples” (vv. 3, 7), “the nations” (v. 10), and the “world” (v. 13). Such praise is to occur Read more
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When All Thy Mercies, O My God
When all Thy mercies, O my God,My rising soul surveys,Transported with the view, I’m lostIn wonder, love and praise. Unnumbered comforts to my soulThy tender care bestowed,Before my heart was e’er awareFrom whence these comforts flowed. When worn with sickness, oft hast ThouWith health renewed my face;And when in sin and sorrows sunkRevived my soul Read more
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“Earth Day”
Since 1970 contemporary idolaters, who worship and serve creatures and creation rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25), have declared April 22 as “Earth Day.” Rooted in atheistic, evolutionary dogma, they wrongly interpret current objective facts (in which climate *does* change) as evidence of “global warming,” the human-produced destruction of the Earth. They consequently express their Read more
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