Sunday Hymn: Jesus Calls Us

Jesus calls us over the tumult
Of our life’s wild, restless, sea;
Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,
Saying, Christian, follow Me!

Jesus calls us from the worship
Of the vain world’s golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, Christian, love Me more!

In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
Christian, love Me more than these!

Jesus calls us! By Thy mercies,
Savior may we hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience,
Serve and love Thee best of all.

—Cecil Alexander

The first video uses the tune common in North America, and the second the common British one. (There aren’t many videos of this hymn, so I can’t choosy.)

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

• O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus at By Grace Alone
• Dear Christian People All, Rejoice at Graces Daily
• All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall at The Happy Wonderer
• Lead Me to the Cross at Gospel Grace
• From first to last at Tried With Fire 
• Lifting Up Our Hearts at The Upward Call
• Lord’s Day 43, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• You Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: No profit from the prophet?

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Linked Together: Faith Is A Gift

Considering This
John Piper:

Consider the word “this” in Ephesians 2:8. Does it refer to “faith” or “grace” or both? Is faith a gift of God?

Read A Whole World Hangs on a Word.

Questioning Work
Matthew Barrett answers this question  (The Gospel Coalition):

Why is faith not a work? If we are obligated to have faith before righteousness can be credited to us (Romans 4), how is faith not a work? 

 Surprisingly, some commenters are arguing that faith is a work.  

Theological Term of the Week

theological prolegomena
“The issues of theology that need to be learned before one can learn anything further”;1 an introductory section discussing the presuppositions of a theological work; an introduction to systematic theology. Since Christian theology is based on God’s revelation, a theological prolegomena often contains a treatise on the doctrine of revelation; consequently, the term prolegomena is also sometimes used to refer to the doctrine of revelation (example).

• From Francis Turretin on Theological Prolegomena by J. V. Fesko:

What is [theological prolegomena] and to what does it refer? The first term, theological, is made up of the two Greek words, theos (God) and logos (word), and refers to the study of God. The second, prolegomena, is made up of two Greek words, pro (before) and legomena, the participle form of the word lego (I say). Hence prolegomena literally means “before words,” or “sayings.”
 Within the context of theology, then, theological prolegomena is the term that refers to “the introductory section of a treatise or system of thought in which basic principles and premises are enunciated.” Stated simply, theological prolegomena is the section in a theological work where a theologian’s presuppositions are laid out. For example, What is theology? What is the relationship between God’s knowledge and our knowledge? How does human reason relate to theology?

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