Ed Conrad, Kevin Wang and I have had the privilege this week of studying the book of Hebrews under Dr D.A. Carson. Among other great themes, Hebrews pictures Jesus as…
From Isaac Watts' "Shepherds, Rejoice!" (1709) - his rendition of the appearing of the angels to the shepherds in Luke 2. I expect to quote these lines in tomorrow's sermon…
Sunday we sang the Indelible Grace version of "Upon a Life I Have Not Lived." The original version was written by Horatius Bonar in 1881 as a communion hymn. The…
LOVE bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack'd…
[Robert Browning was a great 19th century British poet. His religious beliefs are not clear – in many of his poems, the voice belongs to someone other than the poet.…
Ten thousand talents once I owed,
And nothing had to pay;
But Jesus freed me from the load,
and washed my debt away.
Yet since the Lord forgave my sin,
and blotted out my score,
Much…