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Happy Birthday John!
Quoting from Sherry at Semicolon:
On this date in 1509, John Calvin, or Jean Chauvin, was born in Noyon, Picardie, France.
To mark the day, Sherry is collecting links to posts about John Calvin. I’m going to take the lazy (or busy) woman’s easy way out and post a hymn written by John Calvin, a hymn which celebrates the sufficiency of Christ.
I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art
I greet Thee, who my sure Redeemer art,
My only trust and Savior of my heart,
Who pain didst undergo for my poor sake;
I pray Thee from our hearts all cares to take.Thou art the King of mercy and of grace,
Reigning omnipotent in every place;
So come, O King, and our whole being sway;
Shine on us with the light of Thy pure day.Thou art the life, by which alone we live,
And all our substance and our strength receive;
Sustain us by Thy faith and by Thy power,
And give us strength in every trying hour.Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
No harshness hast Thou and no bitterness;
O grant to us the grace we find in Thee,
That we may dwell in perfect unity.Our hope is in no other save in Thee;
Our faith is built upon Thy promise free;
Lord, give us peace, and make us calm and sure,
That in Thy strength we evermore endure.
rebecca
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In Ukraine
Columbine reminds us that tomorrow (Sunday) is election day in Ukraine.
This is a very serious election. Tensions are high around the country. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out tomorrow and the next few days afterward.
…So, if you think of it, pray for Ukraine tomorrow.
She points us to this story, as an example.
If you are interested in missions (and you should be), I recommend Columbine’s blog as a place to get a glimpse into the challenges of daily life for a missionary couple. Lately, she’s been fixing up their flat a little, mostly with paint and elbow grease. It’s a lot more complicated for her than it is for me when I paint a room. I can choose my paint color, drive down to the hardware store, color sample in hand, and come back 2o minutes later with exactly what I need to complete the job. Not so for Columbine.
Promotion
The Pyros made a polished production of the pomo posters.
rebecca
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Easter Week Reading and Listening
I’ve linked to these in the sidebar section A Few Good Reads, but they are too important to take the chance that you’ll miss them there.
- I recommend that you set aside a bit of time this week to listen to D. A. Carson’s sermon, The Ironies of the Cross.
- Don’t miss the collection of testimonies to the resurrection power of the new life at Challies.com.
Round the Sphere Again
- God’s holiness considered at Historia Ecclesiastica
- The Crusty Curmudgeon has a pop theology quiz involving a Jack Chick tract. See if you can answer the question without peeking at the comments first.
- Carla writes about Sola Scriptura.
- At Pyromaniacs: Unity Across Denominational Lines. This is the last in a series of four posts on the subject of unity. You’ll find links to the first three in the linked post, and they’re all recommended reads.
- A hat tip to Jollyblogger for pointing me to this list from ProBlogger of 34 Reasons Why Readers Unsubscibe From Your Blog. I don’t often remove a subscription to a blog on my blogroll because I read a blog for a while to make sure that I enjoy the content before I put it on the list of blogs I read. The most frequent reason that I take a blog off my blogroll is that the blog is dead: there’s never anything new there anymore. Another reason that I might unsubscribe is that there is too much carping, whining, or ranting. I don’t mind people speaking out against things, but if the tone gets consistently shrill, I’ll stop reading.