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Thou hidden love of God

Posted in Hymns and Poetry on July 16, 2006 | 4 Comments »

Written by Gerhard Tersteegen in 1729 and translated by John Wesley.
 
Thou hidden Love of God, whose height,
Whose depth unfathomed no one knows,
I see from afar Thy beauteous light,
And inly sigh for Thy repose;
My heart is pained, nor can it be
At rest, till it finds rest in Thee.
Thy secret voice invites me still
The sweetness of Thy [...]

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Happy 400th, Rembrandt

Posted in In the news, Resources on July 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Today is the 400th birthday of Rembrandt van Rijn.
The picture I have used for the Immoderate theme or header for some time now was painted by Rembrandt. The painting name is “Two Scholars Disputing,” and sometimes called “Peter and Paul.” I do not want to get into all the reasons why I love this painting, [...]

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The Father has no name

Posted in Church History, Exegesis and Theology on July 14, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Justin Martyr, in his 2 Apology (6), made the following remark, which I found interesting in a number of ways. First, this whole thing about God not having a name. His Christology, as well, is quite developed for his time (fl. 150-160). Then he goes on about the exorcisms, not only about Christians doing exorcisms, [...]

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A parable

Posted in Musings on July 13, 2006 | 11 Comments »

There was once a city with a special department dedicated to providing water to its inhabitants. The official water dispensers freely distributed fresh water. Some time ago these city officials had a large feud between those in the southern and northern regions of the city (the actual cause of the schism is not important for [...]

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This just in

Posted in Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism on July 12, 2006 | 5 Comments »

This just in . . .
Fundamentalists are still fundamentalists.
Despite your best efforts to dress them up and make them look just like main-line evangelicals, they still end up acting up.
All you fundamentalists out there, I understand your plight. The FFF is now a “burned over district.” You have now been banished from SI. I want [...]

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Owen on the comfort of gospel worship

Posted in Exegesis and Theology, Worship on July 11, 2006 | 1 Comment »

The following John Owen remark aptly describes the disposition of true worshippers.
“Here lies encouragement to them upon a spiritual account, as to the state of [...]

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Distracting away from the gospel

Posted in Exegesis and Theology, Resources on July 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »

In his May 5, 2004 sermon at Clearwater Christian College, Kevin Bauder had this to say about the way in which we gain a hearing for the gospel:
We never really gain a legitimate hearing for the gospel by making ourselves impressive, because the gospel really isn’t about us. And by showing people how impressive we [...]

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Weekly pithiness (7/10/06)

Posted in Good quotes on July 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

“Sentiment is anterior to reason.” – Richard Weaver (Ideas Have Consequences [Chicago: University of Chicago, 1948], 19) for the week of July 9, 2006

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O Love Divine

Posted in Hymns and Poetry on July 9, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Charles Wesley wrote this in 1746.
O love Divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me.
Stronger His love than death or hell;
Its riches are unsearchable;
The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths [...]

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A successful pilgrimage to Stillwater

Posted in Unimportant Remarks on July 8, 2006 | 2 Comments »

Every once in a while, a sort of alarm goes off inside me. Like a moth to that strange blue light, I feel an inward pull to Stillwater for book buying. Well, I and a handful of others decided to act on that inward pulling and take the 45 minute drive out to Stillwater, MN. [...]

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and you thought I was conservative

Posted in In the news, Worship on July 6, 2006 | 12 Comments »

Playbill Arts reports that Pope Benedict XVI has called to an end of modern worship.
Pope Benedict XVI has called for an end to popular music in churches, suggesting that traditional chant and sacred polyphony are the suitable accompaniment to worship.
I must say, though, that if you brought plainsong back, I would not protest much at [...]

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has died

Posted in In the news, J. S. Bach on July 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

I first came across Lorraine Hunt Lieberson a year or two ago searching NPR for stories on Johann Sebastian Bach. She died Monday morning of cancer at the age of 52; you can listen to a good audio obituary from NPR here. I was sorry to hear of her death.
I nearly think that the music [...]

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Entertainment is unserious

Posted in Cloud of witnesses on July 5, 2006 | 1 Comment »

It seems like everybody knows what is going on with entertainment except fundamentalists and American evangelicals. Only evangelicals insist that the beloved “pop-culture” is somehow a pure and distilled “folk culture.” While we keep trying to baptize these two cousins (entertainment and pop culture) by giving them holy themes, be they movies about martyred missionaries [...]

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The sacred sandwhich does it again

Posted in Unimportant Remarks on July 4, 2006 | 14 Comments »

This is really, really, really funny.

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