Tuesday, October 03, 2023

In the cross of Christ I glory

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149 Rathbun. 8. 7. 8. 7. 1 In the cross of Christ I glory,    towering o'er the wrecks of time;    all the light of sacred story    gat...
Monday, October 02, 2023

No, it really isn't about destruction

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The emphasis is not on the object but on everyone around the object; “no one shall make use of this.” When ḥerem objects are destroyed, the...

When I survey the wondrous cross

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148 Eucharist. L. M. 1 When I survey the wondrous cross    on which the Prince of glory died,    my richest gain I count but loss,    and p...
Sunday, October 01, 2023

Ask what great things I know

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147 Hendon. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 1 Ask ye what great thing I know    that delights and stirs me so?    What the high reward I win?    Whose the n...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Never further than thy cross

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146 Aletta. 7. 7. 7. 7. 1 Never further than Thy cross,    Never higher than Thy feet;    Here earth's precious things seem dross,    H...
Friday, September 29, 2023

More on order vs. chaos

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Therefore, we should think of the conquest as bringing order out of nonorder, rather than bringing order out of disorder. Nonorder (the Cana...

Beneath the cross of Jesus

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144 St. Christopher. 7. 6. 8. 6. 8. 6. 8. 6. 1 Beneath the cross of Jesus    I fain would take my stand,    the shadow of a mighty Rock    ...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Reestablishing order from chaos (no, not our modern world!)

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The Israelite nation is holy, co-identified with Yahweh and the cosmic order. The Canaanite nations are thematically related to cosmic chaos....

Alas! and did my Savior bleed

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142 Martyrdom (Avon). C. M. 1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,    and did my Sovereign die!    Would he devote that sacred head    for sinner...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

But they are invincible!

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All of this indicates that Leviticus 18 is describing the people of Canaan in terms of a well-known ancient Near Eastern trope about invinci...

O sacred head, now wounded

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141 Passion Chorale. 7. 6. 7. 6. D. 1 O sacred Head, now wounded,    with grief and shame weighed down,    now scornfully surrounded    w...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Where's the magic pill?

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We can't buy good health; we must earn it. We are given only one body in this lifetime, so I encourage you to take proper care of it. Ov...

Hermeneutics (Tozer for Tuesday)

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Here is a good working rule to help you rightly understand Scripture: If you do not have more than one verse to support what you read, do no...

What's the point of righteousness?

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The Pharisees can serve as an illustration of this. The problem was not that they were immoral or burdensome, because they were neither of t...

There is a fountain

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140 Cleansing Fountain. C. M. D. 1 There is a fountain filled with blood    Drawn from Immanuel's veins;    And sinners, plunged beneat...
Monday, September 25, 2023

You are NOT rational

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Addictions affect our ability to think rationally; they prejudice our judgment in favor of maintaining the addiction. That is why it is so d...

Why are the gods condemned in Psalm 82?

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This is the difference between Yahweh and the gods who stand accused in Psalm 82. These gods fail to uphold justice (Ps 82:2–4), not because...

It is finished!

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139 Christi Mutter. 8. 8. 7. “It is finished!” Man of sorrows!    From thy cross our frailty borrows    Strength to bear and conquer thus. ...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

O Love divine, what hast thou done?

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137 Selena. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 1. O Love divine, what hast thou done!    The immortal God hath died for me!    The Father's coeternal So...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

O come and mourn with me a while

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134 St. Cross. L. M. 1 O come and mourn with me awhile;    O come ye to the Savior's side;    O come, together let us mourn:    Jesus, ...