My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness is a Townend and Getty composition from 2003. The big attraction here is that the Christian’s thankfulness is completely grounded in Christ. His suffering God’s judgement for our sins in our place, His daily presence with us and His eternal presence at the Father’s right hand. Not a shred …
This morning twelve other people and I finished morning worship at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Penola by singing Charles Wesley’s ‘Jesus! The Name High Over All’. Not for the faint-hearted! The tune ‘Lydia’ is a bit of a challenge, the words, however proclaim the supremacy of Christ. It is a fun sing once you’ve got …
Your words might follow you around for a long time, and take on all sorts of levels of irony as they do. Pete Townsend, born in 1945, turns 65 today. In 1965 he wrote the words to the song ‘My Generation’ which includes the line: ‘I hope I die before I get old’. Even more …
I’m on extended leave/sabbatical at the moment. So, this week’s song is Atonement by Shai Linne. Not really for congregational singing (not ours, anyway), but very cool. Stephen McDonald featured it in a post on his blog. Linne’s thing is Christian rap/hip-hop. He’s currently finishing off an internship at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, where Mark …
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