Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: Godthe second title in The Good Portion series.

The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works. 

                     

Sunday
Jun142009

Sunday's Hymn

Wilt Thou Forgive?

Wilt Thou forgive that sin, by man begun,
Which was my sin though it were done before?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run,
And do run still, though still I do deplore?
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
For I have more.

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won
Others to sin, and made my sin their door?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun
A year or two, but wallowed in a score?
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I’ve spun
My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son
Shall shine, as He shines now and heretofore:
And, having done that, Thou hast done:
I fear no more.

—John Donne (1573-1631)

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

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Friday
Jun122009

My Desktop Photo 61: Wild Rose

Photo by Andrew Stark
(click on photo for larger view)

Friday
Jun122009

Round the Sphere Again

No Innocent Bondage
I’ve found moral inability to be one of the most difficult concepts to explain to people trying to understand Calvinism. John Piper does an excellent job of explaining it succinctly in this quote from Finally Alive. (Irish Calvinist)

Works Can’t Do the Job
“The reason we cannot be justified by the law is that we cannot keep it. Even if we could keep God’s commandments outwardly, we break them inwardly.” From Acceptable to God Through Keeping the Law? by Phil Ryken (Monergism.com)

The Real Jesus
Who Do You Say That I Am? (Kevin DeYoung)

Much Loved
Numbers 90, 91, 92, 93 on Sherry’s list of top 100 hymns.

Tour the World
of hospital food. (Now That’s Nifty)

On the Wild Side
The very warm weather here seems to have accelerated the wildflower season, so that instead of coming in sequence, they’ve all arrived at once. The lupines and Jacob’s ladder are out, along with the lungwort, arnica, and wild roses.