Sunday's Hymn

Day by Day

Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find, to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
Gives unto each day what He deems best—
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
He whose Name is Counselor and Power;
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.

Help me then, in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the promised land.

—Kar­o­lina W. San­dell-Berg

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

• What Is Prayer? at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 24, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• How Firm a Foundation at Whatever Is Good
• By Grace I’m Saved at Field Stone Cottage
• The God of Abraham Praise at Hiraeth
• Holy Spirit, Truth Divine at Conjubilant with Song
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon: Some Thoughts on Persecution at Pyromaniacs
• Heart Aflame - June 13, 2010 at The Upward Call
• Rejoice the Lord Is King at Whatever Things

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: Book Recommendations

More Words than Pictures
Kevin DeYoung recommends The New Moody Atlas of the Bible.

“The New Moody Atlas is a different kind of book. Barry Beitzel, professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, has given us a superb reference work. This over-sized book is 300 pages and contains 118 maps. But there is also lots of text. This is a scholarly work which aims to unpack the important role geography has played in biblical history.”

Read the whole review.

Living Faithfully
in the last days:

“It’s too bad that, of the immense body of writings available on the topic of “eschatology,” or the study of things and events surrounding the coming return of Christ, 99.9% of it is on the “what,” and only an infinitesimal fraction on the “so what”. But in the Bible, the “what” of Christ’s soon and certain return is always used to fuel the “so what” of how to live in these last days.”

From a review of From the Resurrection to His Return by Don Carson at Reformation Theology. (I’ve listened to the sermons this book is based on and found them very valuable, so I’m betting this book is, too.)

Simple and Thorough
in one readable volume, says Iain Campbell of Creideamh about Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. 

“[T]here are bits with which I quibble. But there are parts of ‘Doctrine’ which are superb. …

So would I give ‘Doctrine’ to someone for their theological education? Absolutely, although I would insist on Berkhof as a companion volume. This book, however, is a masterpiece of thoroughness and simplicity, covering all the theological topics in one simple, readable volume.”

HT: Martin Downes

My Place 5

From the upstairs deck, 9pm, June 10, 2010