Monthly Archives: May 2008

SoD: “Revival”

Revival Lyrics and Music by Robin Mark Copyright © 1998 Daybreak Music Ltd. I’ve had the chance to play this one a few times now at our “new” church – it has a dramatic setting, with a solo voice as the proclaimer setting the stage, building into the song verses, then a power praise chorus with full-throated brass. [...]
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Weird worship meme

Subtitled: “ElShaddai, I’m crazy to do what you say and go somewhere if your Ghost is not there!” David Ker tagged me and several others with a “weird worship” meme, which evidently focuses on bizarre worship song lyrics. In addition to David’s original post, there have been a number of great replies, including this from Peter [...]
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Poetic bloodshed

Over at Better Bibles Blog, Suzanne continues to post on blood, sin and color in Psalm 51. Her most recent post concludes by looking at the choice of “bloodshed” versus the more abstract (and traditional) “bloodguiltiness” in verse 14. She approves of the NRSV for its use of the former; I mentioned the REB and [...]
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I, rubato

HT: Dee-Ann Durbin (AP) for the post title [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5KbRwHg6zA] Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response DETROIT (AP) — The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor – shiny, white, 4 feet 3 inches tall. ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony [...]
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The barren branch

John 15:1-6 (Revised English Bible): I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Any branch of mine that is barren he cuts away; and any fruiting branch he prunes clean, to make it more fruitful still. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Dwell in me, as [...]
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Meme madness returns

David Ker notes that the summer blogging slowdown is upon us. I think I got a jump start with my “blog apathy” of the last month or so, but I will endeavor to keep posting. David’s tagged me with a “weird worship” meme, which evidently focuses on bizarre worship song lyrics. I’m working on it… [...]
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A long walk into the wildernesss: May 12

Miscellaneous blogging thoughts from the past week or so: By a very large margin, the number one search term, or more accurately – search terms, for this blog over the past 90 days has been some variant of “December 17, 1994″ and/or “Ronald Weinland”. The post and photos of the leather Oxford Study Bible aside, my [...]
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The referrers’ list

Other than the number of blog hits, one of the most intriguing blog stats that WordPress keeps track of is the Referrers list. These are incoming links to this blog and typically are blogs that I regularly comment at or where I’m on a blogroll, as well as blog search engines and blog readers. Every so [...]
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A man divided

Caution: hyperbole ahead. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord – how he may please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the things of the world – how he may please his wife – and he is divided. (1 Corinthians 7:32-34a, HCSB) I’ve recently found myself in the awkward position [...]
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Ecclesiology matrix

HT: MetaCatholic A previously unknown (to me) blog, Inhabitatio Dei, has posted an interesting matrix description of ecclesiology, i.e. the study of the Church. The blogger writes: From my perspective there are two basic polarities which define the shape of a given ecclesiology. The first is what I term the High-Low polarity, the second I refer [...]
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  • Words wither and blogs fade away…

    Forgive me if you’ve heard this song before, but I've decided to stop blogging at He is Sufficient. I truly appreciate all of the wit, wisdom and words of faith that you have shared with me over the past few years. I wish you well in all of your endeavors, whatever they may be and wherever they may lead you. “God is sufficient for the needs of His people”. Amen!