A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part I: Questions about God, Man, and Sin

16. Q. Who were our first parents?
      A. Adam and Eve.

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Sunday's Hymn

Hallelujah, What a Saviour!

Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
“Full atonement!” can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die;
“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in Heav’n exalted high.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew His song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

—Philip P. Bliss

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

• Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim at Whatever Things
• My Hope Is Built at Theology for Girls
• “I Am,” Says Christ, “the Way” at Tried With Fire
• In the Cross of Christ I Glory at Rosemary at Home
• Glory Be to Jesus at Field Stone Cottage
• Pow’r of the Cross at Hiraeth
• Lord’s Day 2, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Psalm 65 at Daily On My Way to Heaven
• Voices of the Past - January 9, 2011 at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Don’t Fear the Militant Skeptics
• Sabbath Keeping at Thistle Grove Farms

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.

Round the Sphere Again: Worldview

The One Definitive Account of God’s Purposes
Two from Al Mohler on the Christian worldview as master narrative. (More to come, I think.)

• Creation
• Sin and Its Consequences

Feast for the Eye and Mind
I’ve just begun reading Nancy Pearcey’s new book Saving Leonardo, which is, according to the subtitle, A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, & Meaning. Al Mohler says that in this book “Pearcey provides a penetrating analysis of the nature of contemporary secularism, a helpful exposition of how we got to the present situation, and a well-crafted strategy for changing the situation.” And, he goes on, “Saving Leonardo should be put in the hands of all those who should always be ready to give an answer — and that means all of us.”

I haven’t read much of it, but what I have read tells me I’ve going to find it to be pleasurable and worthwhile read. I know this for sure: Saving Leonardo is a beautiful book. No wonder Makoto Fujimura calls it  “[a] feast for the mind and for the eye.” I haven’t read a book as aesthetically pleasing as this in a very long time. It’s large, with glossy white pages, lots of full-colour illustrations, and an exceptional binding. I want to call it text-book quality, if there is such a thing. Perhaps you’ve been looking at the price and thinking that it’s a little steep; I know I did. But the quality makes the book a bargain at its slightly higher than usual price.