Artwork by Cheryl Chong. Lyrics from the hymn Jesus I My Cross Have Taken (the Indelible Grace version is our favourite). We gave a print of this to the Fleener family as a goodbye present. I (William) think it’s a hymn lyric that captures the hope of eternity that helps us to press on in …
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“She must and shall go free!”
“All her debts were cast on me. And she must and shall go free!” A beautiful depiction of Christ pleading for His Bride, the Church. Found in #534 in Gadsby’s Hymnal: 1 Mercy speaks by Jesus’ blood; Hear and sing, ye sons of God; Justice satisfied indeed; Christ …
Two songs to the Holy Spirit
It’s easy to fall into one of two ditches regarding the Holy Spirit in our gathered worship services. One the one hand, we can overemphasise the Holy Spirit’s work, and end up giving Him more attention than the other parts of the Trinity that the Spirit wants to direct our attention towards. And so we …
A song to ring in the new year
Here’s a song to ring in the new year, sung to the tune for Auld Lang Syne. Words by Dustin Kensrue, former frontman of Thrice and now worship leader at Mars Hill Church. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wXkDuaRGI May these words be a help in centering our priorities Heavenward for 2014. Happy New Year everyone! Should nothing of our …
Video: Jesus, Thank You (Chinese/Mandarin cover)
Last month I had the privilege of leading gathered worship for both our church and EFC, a Mandarin-speaking congregation that meet in our church building on Sunday afternoons. To accommodate both languages, I spent some time searching for translations to good gospel-centred songs that we could sing together. In the end, it was such a …
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