Truth For The Heart
In God’s Word & Our Times: Part 1, I discussed the chiasmus of 2 Timothy 3:2–5. I’ve decided to pull out the definition of chiastic structure, add further explanation and examples, and publish it in a separate post, Wonders In God’s Word. This will give me a post to refer to whenever I mention it. I’ve […]
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My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands so that the […]
Read MoreO sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was […]
Read MoreThere are some songs with words and music so personally significant, I still remember the first time I heard them. I first heard Mary, Did You Know? at it was sung at the water’s edge of a town harbor by a small vocal ensemble during an outdoor Christmas celebration over ten years ago. The lyrics and […]
Read More“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (KJV) The roots of the music of Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel! go back to the 15th century.1 The Messianic titles in the lyrics, called the O Antiphons, are […]
Read MoreWhen 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 […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 43: Wednesday “Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious to us, For we are greatly filled with contempt. Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.” Psalm 123:3–4 Wednesday’s Bible reading is Psalms 122–124. […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 42: Thursday Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. Proverbs 31:8–9 Thursday’s Bible reading is Proverbs 31. Derek Kidner divides this last chapter of Proverbs into two sections: […]
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Kindling for Candles 