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Andrew Peterson’s “You Came So Close” has lyrics describing someone’s marriage breaking apart through adultery, but then somehow holding together. Some of the lyrics: You could no more kill the darkness Than you could raise the sun And the sky was cold and black Like the barrel of a gun And I remember the tremble …
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To my fellow sojourner in Christ, This last week has been hard. Sin, rebellion, death on open display in our world. Suffering and sorrow in our own lives. There’s the tears in our eyes, the thorn in our flesh. I want to recommend this hymn by Martin Luther again to you. In the midst of …
[vimeo 22748312 w=500 h=375] Christ Is Risen by Matt Maher. ———————- “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you–unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you …
TGC’s first album, “Songs for the Book of Luke” was released yesterday and is being unashamedly marketed far and wide on the conservative-reformed web as I write this. Here’s my thoughts after listening to the album: I’m thankful that so many people are captured by a vision to sing “songs about the glory of God …
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I’m really appreciating this series of posts by Tim Challies on hymn stories. I like hearing about the stories behind each hymnwriter. I’m noticing that many of these songs were written by pastors who desired their church family to understand and apply God’s truths into their lives. Here’s hoping more will do the same …
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