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Singing the Psalms

I don’t know when, but sometime in the last few years singing the Psalms has become much more important to me. Maybe it’s because, while there are good Christian songs being written, so much of what passes for worship/praise music is incredibly shallow, maybe it’s because I want to express all that the Psalms express.… Continue reading Singing the Psalms

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What is Disney teaching us?

We recently rewatched the fox Disney Robin Hood because we talked about the word “alms” in language lessons and that led to the phrase “alms, alms for the poor” and on to Robin Hood. During that and at the end I was musing on the things it teaches; today we were playing some music from… Continue reading What is Disney teaching us?

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God our servant

This year we are doing some advent readings – today’s was one of the most powerful things I’ve read all year. It’s worth posting entire. Get the book here. He Came to Serve Whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. – Mark 10:44 Jesus expects his disciples to be radically different from the… Continue reading God our servant

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Jephthah’s way out

If anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; when he realizes his guilt in any of these and… Continue reading Jephthah’s way out

Some thoughts on Daniel

This morning I was reading in Daniel and the story in chapter three struck me in a new way. This perspective requires straightening out many things that are twisted about this scene in order to see another scene in the future. In Daniel, the wicked king Nebuchadnezzar (whom God will humble and make a worshiper… Continue reading Some thoughts on Daniel

Church History

Today we got to enjoy going around the town of Chester, England, which is well over a thousand years old. We were able to walk most of the way around the old town walls and saw a rather unimpressive Roman amphitheater and two churches that were close to 1500 years old. In one of these… Continue reading Church History

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God is in control

Recently we had to do some child safety training for our job, Tim Challies shared that he doesn’t allow sleepovers, and I’ve seen a lot of discussion on pedophiles on Facebook. All of this has made me realize and think about a number of things. First, I’m very thankful for the environment in which I… Continue reading God is in control