Not To Us – Sunday Songs

Gary Ware

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November 13, 2023

Not to Us (One Name Forever Shall Be Praised) – more from Matt Boswell and Matt Papa and Matt Redman through Getty Music.
Anthemic lyrics that say good things.
Unmemorable melody, relying on little lifts for interest (which is more of a thing I’ve noticed of late).

Solid lyrics are wonderful.
But these are songs, not creeds.
A memorable melody helps in remembering the song.

I’m not sure memorability is an aim anymore.

The lyrics:

Not to us, oh Lord
Not to us, oh Lord
But unto Your name be the glory
From the dawn of time to its setting sun
The name of the Lord shall be praised

One song will ring through the ages
One throne will ever remain
This world will pass and its glories fade
One name forever shall be praised

While the nations rage trusting idols vain
Our God stands alone in the heavens
Robed in majesty hail the highest King
The name of the Lord shall be praised

One song will ring through the ages
One throne will ever remain
This world will pass and its glories fade
One name forever shall be praised
One name forever shall be praised

May Your face be set, may Your blessing rest
Upon us Your people beloved
Mark us by Your grace that the world would say
“The name of the Lord shall be praised!”

One throne will ever remain
This world will pass and its glories fade
One name forever shall be praised

One song will ring through the ages
One throne will ever remain
This world will pass and its glories fade
One name forever shall be praised
One name forever shall be praised
One name forever shall be praised

Word and Music: Matt Boswell, Matt Papa and Matt Redman

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Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 46

Gary Ware

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November 12, 2023

Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 46

120.
Q. Why has Christ commanded us to address God: “Our Father”?
A. That at the very beginning of our prayer he may awaken in us the childlike reverence and trust toward God which should be the motivation of our prayer, which is that God has become our Father through Christ and will much less deny us what we ask him in faith than our human fathers will refuse us earthly things.

121.
Q. Why is there added: “in heaven”?
A. That we may have no earthly conception of the heavenly majesty of God, but that we may expect from his almighty power all things that are needed for body and soul.

Martini Vending Machine

Gary Ware

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November 10, 2023

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City features an bank of imaginative vending machines in small holiday cabin park.

One of them served Martinis.

You think his movies are whimsy and artifice, (they are) and then there are scenes where the actors just do there craft in a way that lets you know how good they are at what they do, and how good Anderson is at showcasing that.

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