Visiting Alice Springs Baptist Church this morning (before attending the commencement service of Alice Springs Presbyterian in the evening) was an encouraging time of worship. One of the songs we sang was Ed Cash and Chris Tomlin’s Praise The Father, Praise The Son (O Sovereign God. The lyrical content praises the triune God, which is …
You Alone Can Rescue is another Matt Redman song (composed this time with Jonas Myrin) that I’ve been considering. It tells us everything except how Jesus actually effected our salvation, so it needs other material in worship to contextualise its meaning, but as a supplement to other strong material is the lyrics frame part of …
Cornerstone is another of the current crop of songs that harvests lyrics from older hymns and adds a new chorus/refrain. This time around it’s Edward Mote’s My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less that gets the treatment. Gone is the chorus and one of the verses. Added is a new refrain and some modified phrasing. …
After considering Psalm 58 tonight at mgpc I thought using Stuart Townend’s How Long (We Have Sung Our Songs Of Victory) to conclude worship. The concluding point of the sermon was that God has really demonstrated His justice in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Evil is defeated, but we await the time when …
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