Dan Greenfield

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  • Daily Bale for October 1, 2012

    I see that it’s been a year and a half since I’ve done a daily bale. I’ve been thinking about starting it back up again, if for no other reason than to help me see what I’ve done with the time entrusted to me by the Lord. The day began…

  • Looking at the Cross

    Tonight we’ll sing this hymn by John Newton, to the tune Prospect: In evil long I took delight, Unaw’d by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career. I saw one hanging on a tree, In agonies and blood, Who fix’d his languid…

  • O God of Sovereign Grace

    O God of sovereign grace, We bow before thy throne, And plead, for all the human race, The merits of thy Son. Spread through the earth, O Lord, The knowledge of thy ways, And let all lands with joy record The great Redeemer’s praise. —Village Hymns, Asahel Nettleton

  • True Repentance

    True repentance takes God’s part against ourselves, has sympathy with God, feels how unworthily the Ruler, Father, Friend of men has been treated. It does not ask, ‘What will my sin bring to me?’ but, ‘What does my sin mean to God?’ –A. H. Strong, Systematic Theology, p. 832

  • There is a God Who Reigns Above

    This is the first hymn in Asahel Nettleton‘s Village Hymns for Social Worship (1824)– There is a God that reigns above, Lord of the heaven and earth and seas: I fear his wrath, I ask his love, And with my lips I sing his praise. There is a law which he has writ,…

  • The Circumcision of Christ

    I’ve been working through George Whitefield’s A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship (1758) that he prepared for the Tabernacle Congregation at London. Today’s hymn had the odd title of this post, and I didn’t have high expectations for it. Well, to turn a phrase, “Never judge a hymn by it’s…

  • Christ’s Coming

    Now the wall is broken down, Now the gospel is made known; Now the door is open wide, Christ for Jew and Gentile died; All who feel the weight of sin, All who languish to be clean; All who for Redemption groan, May be saved by faith alone. –Nahum Tate,…

  • Dear Father, to Thy Mercy-Seat

    Dear Father, to Thy mercy-seat My soul for shelter flies; ’Tis here I find a safe retreat When storms and tempests rise. My cheerful hope can never die If Thou, my God, art near; Thy grace can raise my comforts high And banish every fear. My great Protector and my…

  • The Loving-Kindness of the Redeemer

    Awake, my soul, to joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me, His loving-kindness O how free! He saw me ruin’d in the fall, Yet lov’d me, notwithstanding all; He sav’d me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness O how great! Tho’ numerous…

  • Girls Given Contraceptive Implants at School

    As if there already weren’t enough reasons to avoid public/government schools, this is very disturbing and problematic. Thirteen year old girls? Really? Not to mention conducting surgical procedures at school, without any word to the parents. It’s all wrong, period. Christian parents, the public/government schools are no place for your children!

  • Sinners Obey the Gospel Word

    Sinners, obey the Gospel word! Haste to the supper of our Lord! Be wise to know your gracious day; All things are ready, come away! Ready the Father is to own And kiss his late returning son; Ready your loving Savior stands, And spreads for you His bleeding hands. Ready…

  • No More, My God I Boast No More

    No more, my God, I boast no more Of all the duties I have done; I quit the hopes I held before, To trust the merits of thy Son. Now, for the love I bear his name, What was my gain I count my loss; My former pride I call…

  • Psalm 119:16

    Upon thy statues my delight shall constantly be set: And, by thy grace, I never will thy holy word forget. –Scottish Psalter, 1650

  • Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne

    Before Jehovah’s awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and He destroy. His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to His fold…

  • Come, Ye Disconsolate

    I’ve been meditating on this hymn tonight…. Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish; Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that heav’n cannot heal. Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and…

  • Your Last Days on Earth

    I know, not a very “Chrismasy” title, but remember the Preacher’s advice in Ecclesiastes 7:2, 4— It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. The…

  • Great Poem by a Young Teenage Girl

    My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. For the Mighty One has done great things for me; and holy…

  • A Great Illustration of Faith

    After Naaman protests Elisha’s instruction to wash in the Jordan seven times to be cleansed of his leprosy, Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet told you to do somegreat thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says…

  • Lord, Grant My Yearning Heart’s Desire

    Lord, grant my yearning heart’s desire That I be filled with fervent zeal, To save poor sinners from the fire, To snatch them from the verge of hell, And turn them to a pard’ning God, To cleanse their souls in Jesus’ blood. I would the precious time redeem, And longer…

  • Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

    This is the full text of Patrick Henry’s famous speech that I referenced in this morning’s sermon. The bold faced texts are my emphases. No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house.…