Popular atheists claim that we’ve outgrown the need for God, much like we shed our childhood belief in Santa Claus. Recent studies indicate that this might hold some truth, as the number of people adhering to Christianity is on the decline while the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated, the “nones,” are swelling. At the same…
Excerpts:“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.”“God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful, that He can, without anything other than Himself, meet and overflow the deepest demands of our total nature.”“The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One.”
Excerpts:“The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples—students, apprentices, practitioners—of Jesus Christ.”“The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its prime…
Hymn tune: FINALNDIA, from Jean Sibelius’ (1865 – 1957) symphonic poem Finlandia.Text: Original German text (“Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen”) written by Katharina von Schlegel (1697 – 1768) in 1752. Translated into English in 1855 by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813 – 1897). English Lyrics [Verse 1]Be still, my soul: the Lord is on…
English Lyrics Dear Lord and Father of mankind,Forgive our foolish ways;Reclothe us in our rightful mind,In purer lives Thy service find,In deeper reverence, praise.In simple trust like theirs who heard,Beside the Syrian sea,The gracious calling of the Lord,Let us, like them, without a word,Rise up and follow Thee.O Sabbath rest by Galilee,O calm of hills…
Excerpts:“The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it’s because we have an inaccurate view of God.”“God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves…
The Apostles’ Creed affirms our belief that Christ “ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.” Even though this ancient statement of core Christian beliefs acknowledges the ascension, it often doesn’t receive the same level of attention in modern discussions about Christ’s work. We tend to focus more…
English Lyrics 1 Christ is made the sure foundation,Christ, our head and cornerstone,chosen of the Lord and precious,binding all the Church in one;holy Zion’s help foreverand our confidence alone.2 To this temple, where we call you,come, O Lord of hosts, and stay;come with all your lovingkindness,hear your people as they pray;and your fullest benedictionspeak within…
Just after eleven o’clock on a Wednesday evening in 1904, a solo voice rang out with the hymn “Here is love vast as the ocean”. Maybe a thousand people were in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Abertillery at the time, leaning over the galleries, packing every pew and squeezing into every spare corner. They’d been here for…
Excerpts:“The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.”“The question is not whether God can work through persecution, but whether we can trust Him enough to let Him.”“The insanity of God is that He loves the world so much that He gave His only Son.”