Daughters Of Zion is one of the tracks from Neighbor Songs, the second album released by a collective of musicians under the name The Porter’s Gate.
I know Josh Garrels pretty well, not so much Casey J; they sound great together on this track.
This is a representative track of the theme of the album.
All People That On Earth Do Dwell is one of the tracks on EMU Music’s new album of traditional hymns Praise Without Ceasing.
Since it’s Reformation Day this song, based on Psalm 100, seems as appropriate to feature as any.
I featured a setting of this song in Sunday Songs back in 2012.
EMU’s version features a refrain. Oh well.
It also features what many will recognise as ‘The Doxology’ (which traditionally is sung to the same tune as All People) as a final verse.
Question 43
What are the sacraments or ordinances?
Answer
The sacraments or ordinances given by God and instituted by Christ, namely baptism and the Lord’s Supper, are visible signs and seals that we are bound together as a community of faith by his death and resurrection. By our use of them the Holy Spirit more fully declares and seals the promises of the gospel to us.
Some parts of the Christian church will recognise the Reformation tomorrow.
The legacy of the Reformation is more than the simple theological distinctive of justification by faith; without its impact the western church would be unrecognisable in its worship, ministry, and mission.
From an article by Stephen Nichols.
What is Reformation Day? It is the day the light of the gospel broke forth out of darkness. It was the day that began the Protestant Reformation. It was a day that led to Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, and may other Reformers helping the church find its way back to God’s Word as the only authority for faith and life and leading the church back to the glorious doctrines of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. It kindled the fires of missionary endeavors, it led to hymn writing and congregational singing, and it led to the centrality of the sermon and preaching for the people of God. It is the celebration of a theological, ecclesiastical, and cultural transformation.
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