Truth For The Heart
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 […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 52: Saturday “And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.” Acts 28:30–31 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 27–28. Although yesterday’s reading […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 50: Saturday “But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.” Acts 23:11 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 23–24. May the Lord be […]
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 47: Saturday “These men who have upset the world have come here also; and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” Acts 17:6b–7 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 17–18. After leaving Philippi, Paul, Silas […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 46: Saturday Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts 15:1 The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter. After there had been much debate, Peter stood […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 45: Saturday “Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. “While they were ministering to the Lord and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 44: Saturday “So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. “But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, […]
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Kindling for Candles 