The large tent at OB Flat has seen Generations In Jazz come and go.
And soon the tent will go as well. This is the southern side.
The large tent at OB Flat has seen Generations In Jazz come and go.
And soon the tent will go as well. This is the southern side.
David Zahl on grace in marriage from his book Seculosity.
Real love is not something we decide on. Nor is it something we earn. Love is more than something we fall into; it is something we fail into. What sounds like a somewhat more tragic view of life is actually a starting point for compassion, forgiveness, and joy. After all, we stand a better chance of loving our spouse (or neighbour) when we aren’t looking to them to do or be what they cannot do or be.
I think this is close to what the apostle John meant when he spoke of God being love. The love of God, as we seen borne out in the life and death of Jesus Christ, seems to assume from the outset that we are all severely handicapped in our ability to love other people, let alone our Creator. And yet, like a shepherd going after a lost sheep, it persists. It does not insist on proof of lovability but produces it.David Zahl, Seculosity, Fortress Press, 2019, pg. 37.
A quick search indicates I’ve never posted CityAlight’s Only A Holy God, the title track from their album of the same name.
1
Who else commands all the hosts of heaven
Who else could make every king bow down
Who else can whisper and darkness trembles
Only a Holy God
2
What other beauty demands such praises
What other splendour outshines the sun
What other majesty rules with justice
Only a Holy God Chorus
Chorus.
Come and behold Him
The One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
3
What other glory consumes like fire
What other power can raise the dead
What other name remains undefeated
Only a Holy God
Chorus.
4
Who else could rescue me from my failing
Who else would offer His only Son
Who else invites me to call Him Father
Only a Holy God
Only my Holy God
Chorus
Words and Music: Farren/Robinson/Smith/Thompson
(c) 2016 CityAlight Music
Question 18
Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?
Answer
No, every sin is against the sovereignty, holiness, and goodness of God, and against his righteous law, and God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them in his just judgment both in this life, and in the life to come.
