Entries from December 2008

December 24, 2008

Favorite Christmas Songs – Celebrate the Incarnate God

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark the herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled”
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
“Christ is born in Bethlehem”
Hark! The herald angels sing
“Glory to the newborn King!”
Christ by highest heav’n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time [...]

December 15, 2008

Right Soteriology – Quote on the Cross

 
  
“The Cross is not the reason God desires us. God’s desire is the reason for the Cross.”
-Ryan Meegan

December 11, 2008

Zion & Babylon by Josh Garrels

Hear the Song
“Oh great mammon of form and function
Careless consumerist consumption
Dangerous dysfunction
Described as expensive taste
I’m a people disgraced
By what I claim I need
And what I want to waste
I take no account for nothing
If it’s not mine
It’s a misappropriation of funds
Protect my ninety percent with my guns
Whose side am I on?
Well who’s winning?
My kingdom’s built with [...]

December 5, 2008

On Having 7 – From Randy Bohlender

“As most of you know, we found out a few weeks ago that we are expecting a baby. This will be our seventh child. We had three sons (Jackson, now 15, Grayson, 11 and Zion, 7) when we adopted Zoe at birth two years ago. Ten weeks ago, we adopted Anna River and Mercy Rain. [...]

December 2, 2008

Revenge by Jon Foreman – The Theif on the Cross

I’m the failure
I’m everyone’s fool
And I’m losing my cool at the end
I’m the loser
My number’s come up
I’ve been hung up with thoughts of
Revenge,
Revenge,
Revenge
I watched you
From my terminal view
As you struggled to rise to your end
I laughed hard
At the insults we threw
As the weight of the world found
Revenge
The world hung upside down
I drew first blood
I drew [...]