Song of Solomon 1–2

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Thursday “Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidens.” Song of Solomon 2:2 Thursday’s Bible reading is Song of Solomon 1–2. May the Lord be with you and bless you through the reading of His Word. ________ Isaiah 42 Photograph: ChristianPhotos.net – […]

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“In The Bleak Midwinter”

In The Bleak Midwinter is a lovely Christmas carol written by Christina Rossetti. “Our God, heaven cannot hold him, Nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away When he comes to reign; In the bleak midwinter A stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.” In these two videos the words are sung […]

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Nehemiah 5–9: Integrity, Wisdom & Joy

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Tuesday “Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I no my kinsman have eaten the governor’s food allowance. But the former governors who […]

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Deuteronomy 23–25

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Monday “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. If he is a poor man, […]

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Christmas Art & Music

On Sundays and Wednesdays this month I’ll be posting Christmas music. During the week before Christmas there will be several posts as well as more on Christmas Day. I’ll add links to each gradually in the right sidebar. You can also go back in the archives to find music from last December if you don’t […]

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“And the Glory of the Lord”

The libretto of Messiah is taken from numerous books of the Bible: Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Lamentations, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Colossians, 1 Timothy, Hebrews and Revelation. If you’re not familiar with the passages selected by Jennens, you can read them at the above link. The first five verses of Isaiah […]

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1 John 4–5: Truth

Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 49: Sunday Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the […]

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Messiah!

When I was growing up we attended a church with a large music program, and I first sang in a choir as a young child. Our minister of music frequently had us sing the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah during December. The adult choir was at the front of the church behind the ministers, while […]

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