Round the Sphere Again: Recommended for Listening

Canonical Questions
Brian Auten interviews Michael Kruger on the canon: How was it formed? What are the attributes of canonicity? What about all those other gospels? 

I remember, as a teenager, wondering how we knew which books were scripture and not being completely satisfied with the answers I was given—and I didn’t have Bart Ehrman and others writing books to cause me to doubt. If you have teenaged or young adult kids, you’ll probably find this interview useful for helping you answers answer any questions about the canon that come up.

Historical Discussion
Al Mohler interviews Gregg Frazer about the religious convictions of the American founders. If you like history, you’ll enjoy it, and you might learn something, too.

Preaching by Scripture
From Monergism.com:

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A Catechism for Girls and Boys

I give my opinion of the answer to this question in the first comment. Tell me what you think.

Part III: Questions about Salvation

92. Q. What is justification?
      A. It is God’s regarding sinners as if they had never sinned and granting them righteousness.  

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Sunday's Hymn: I Love to Tell the Story

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

Refrain

I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story; more wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me;
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.

I love to tell the story; ’tis pleasant to repeat
What seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God’s own holy Word.

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,
’Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

—A. Ka­ther­ine Hank­ey

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

• Thy Loving Kindness Lord at Field Stone Cottage
• O My Soul, Bless Thou Jehovah at Rosemary at Home
• There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood at Gospel Grace
• The Light of the World Is Jesus at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 37 at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 37, 2012 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Faith Alone - September 9, 2012 at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Abundunt Pardon
• A Sunday Psalm: The Treasury of David - Psalm 9:1-2 at Theology for Girls

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.