Thursday is for Discipleship O Holy Night is a great song for corporate worship but a very difficult song for soloists to pull off. But’s its theology is worth the risk. Different artists have done covers, from Bing Crosby to Whitney Houston. Personally, I like this one by Josh Groban even though he changes some … More Another Hymn for Christmas Meditation
Wednesday is for Prayer There are times when only a Christmas hymn will suffice for clarity and beauty of doctrine proclaimed with joy. Here’s a classic example. There are multiple verses and whole chapters that could be summoned for every line of this hymn. Remember and remind your soul to bask in the wonder of … More Incarnation: God Infleshed — It Doesn’t Get Any More Profound
This is marvelous and just like our God. Yesterday, I woke up with this thought, “your mercies are new every morning.” That led me to the hymn, Great is Thy Faithfulness, which I started to sing in the shower and meditate on as I shaved. On the drive to the office I continued to think … More Mercies for Troubles and Everything Else
First Tuesday in December Musings on Christmas Here’s one the great hymns of the faith. No meditation on the greatness of the incarnation is a waste of time. All meditation on the greatness of what God was doing in the work of Christ is productive for our spiritual growth in grace and in the power … More Teaching the Soul to Value the Incarnation
Friday is for Heart Songs Yesterday, I used the first two lines from this great hymn as the title to Thursday’s post. I have not been able to get the tune or the beauty of its theology out of my head ever since. If I’m not singing it, I’m whistling it but I am always … More Why Should We Gain from His Reward? Why Indeed?
Friday is for Heart Songs Coming back from the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, I am thinking anew about the greatness of hearing 2500 men singing of the greatness of our God. It truly is an awesome experience to hear the Savior praised by the resounding, passionate, thunder of men giving their all in worship. The … More Sorry Ladies, But the Wonder of Men’s Worship is Awesome!
Tuesday is For Heart Songs Update: This post was written a number of years ago but today I was reminded of it and thought I would pass it along. My car CD player is broken and it and the radio have been sent away for repair. Not having either a radio or a CD in … More Piercing an Ear as An Act of Worship
“You see,” Dr. Iverson said, “If you are broken, you don’t have to ask to be used. God delights to use broken people. That’s the only way to be filled and it’s the only way to become useable.” (For more see …) via Spirit of the Living God, Break Me in Pieces.
Tuesday Musings: Brokenness vs Usefulness We called him “Wild Bill.” Closer to sixty than forty, Dr. Bill Iverson was not your typical seminary professor. A gifted evangelist and an original thinker, Bill was always challenging either what you thought or what you did as a Christian. Bill impacted my life in many ways but the story … More Spirit of the Living God, Break Me in Pieces
Sunday Musings Today in worship I was brought to tears, as I always am, when we sang the great hymn “Before The Throne Of God Above” together in worship. Along with Be Thou My Vision it is one of my most favorite hymns. I even wrote some extra lyrics to the tune a while back. So today, I … More Sunday Musings on the Greatness of God
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