Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: God, the 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.
Monday, August 25, 2014 at 4:17PM 
Question 50. Why is it added [in the Apostles’ Creed] “and sits at the right hand of God”?
Answer: Because Christ ascended into heaven for this purpose: to might show himself there as head of his church, (a) by whom the Father governs all things. (b)
(Scriptural proofs after the fold.)
Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 7:54PM Whate’er my God ordains is right:
Holy his will abideth;
I will be still whate’er he doth;
And follow where he guideth:
He is my God: though dark my road,
He holds me that I shall not fall:
Wherefore to him I leave it all.
Whate’er my God ordains is right:
He never will deceive me;
He leads me by the proper path;
I know he will not leave me:
I take, content, what he hath sent;
His hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait his day.
Whate’er my God ordains is right:
Though now this cup, in drinking,
May bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it, all unshrinking:
My God is true; each morn anew
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
And pain and sorrow shall depart.
Whate’er my God ordains is right:
Here shall my stand be taken;
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet am I not forsaken;
My Father’s care is round me there;
He holds me that I shall not fall:
And so to him I leave it all.—Samuel Rodigast translated by Catherine Winkworth
Updated tune with Catherine Winkworth translation
The Lutheran tune and translation
Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:
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Friday, August 22, 2014 at 10:28AM 
Without the resurrection of Jesus, there would be no Christianity at all. While Jesus’s death lies at the heart of his saving work, his death wouldn’t be effective without his subsequent work of resurrection.
Read the rest of Jesus Is Risen, my post at Out of the Ordinary today.
Here are the previous posts in this series on truths every Christian woman should know: