Sunday's Hymn: Let Us With a Gladsome Mind

Let us with a gladsome mind,
Praise the Lord, for he is kind:

     For his mercies aye endure,
     Ever faithful, ever sure.

Let us blaze his name abroad,
For of gods he is the God:

He with all-commanding might
Filled the new-made world with light:

All things living he doth feed;
His full hand supplies their need:

He his chosen race did bless
In the wasteful wilderness:

He hath with a piteous eye
Looked upon our misery:

Let us therefore warble forth
His high majesty and worth:

—John Mil­ton

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• Whatever Dims Thy Sense of Truth at The Happy Wonderer
• Let the Hymn Speak for Itself at The Outspoken Tulip

Sunday's Hymn: Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my father,
There is no shadow of turning with thee:
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
As thou hast been thou for ever wilt be.

“Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!”
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
All I have needed thy hand hath provided—
“Great is thy faithfulness,” Lord unto me!

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.

—Thomas O. Chisholm

Copyright 1923, renewal 1951, Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. 

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• O God of Truth at The Happy Wonderer
• The Love and Mercy Near the Cross at The Outspoken Tulip
• Have Your Cake After All at Stand Firm

Selected Reading, September 26, 2020

 

Three suggestions for your weekend reading.

Good News

Rightly Regarding Our Sin
It seems nobody wants to use any of the “s” words anymore. In this short post, Burk Parsons explains why we should.

Christian History

Was the Divinity of Jesus a Late Invention of the Council of Nicea?
The answer, of course, is no. In this piece, Michael Kruger looks at two examples from Paul’s writings that show that the highest of Christologies was present in our earliest Christian sources. Paul viewed Jesus as “the one God of Israel, the pre-existent creator of the universe.” And “what is particularly noteworthy about both of these passages is that scholars have argued that each of them reflect even earlier Christian tradition that significantly predates Paul’s own letters.”

Bible Study

Why We Should Be More Familiar with OT Sacrifices
As we work through the New Testament book of Hebrews in the Bible study I’m attending, I’ve realized how important it is to understand the Old Testament sacrificial system. It all makes me want to study Leviticus.