Entries from December 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008
Favorites of 2007
January
January was a month for lists, including one with books on theology suitable for the lay person. Favorite post? The coyote one, hands down.
It was children’s poetry month, with lots and lots of participation from other bloggers. I also wrote a little about what propitation means. But my favorite post during February was one of the Saturday’s Old Photo posts.
March
This is the month I moved over here to the new blog. It was also the Irish themed month, and that was a whole lot of fun. During March, I worked hard on a couple of posts on redemption: What Does It Mean? and From What Are Sinners Delivered? Still, my favorite post was one I wrote on the spur of the moment after an incident in the supermarket, Doing Our Job.
April
During April, I was still in my William Cowper, William Wilberforce and John Newton phase, so this month’s favorites are a couple of Sunday’s Hymn posts that included a bit on the life or William Cowper: There Is A Fountain and God Moves In A Mysterious Way.
May
In May I started the series from Hebrews 1 called Seven Statements About the Son, and those posts are undoubtedly that month’s most substantive post, but my favorite post has to be the one on Mike the Headless Chicken.
I graduated the youngest and finished up the Seven Statements about the Son posts with Seated at God’s Right Hand.
July
July was the month for justification. You’ll find
- A quiz on justification, with answers here, here, here, and here.
- Christ’s Active and Passive Obedience in our Justification
August
I didn’t have all that much to say in August because I was making jam, canning peaches, harvesting the garden and painting the deck. I did manage to put together a quiz on the biblical and historical doctrine of the Trinity along with answers.
September
Let’s see. I posted instructions for canning peaches, and started posting the Theological Term of the Week with a post on the perspicuity of scripture.
I continued on with the theological terms posts and put together a biographical sketch of Jan Hus.
November was a month of thanksgiving and I managed to post thankful thoughts every day until I went on a two week holiday.
December
This month my biggest undertaking was hosting the Recipe Round Up, but my very favorite posts were the ones with scripture about Christ and light.
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Sunday's Hymn: God's Eternality
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.Thy Word commands our flesh to dust,
“Return, ye sons of men:”
All nations rose from earth at first,
And turn to earth again.A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by the flood,
And lost in following years.Time, like an ever rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.Like flowery fields the nations stand
Pleased with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower’s hand
Lie withering ere ‘tis night.Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home. (Listen, courtesy of Center for Church Music)
More on God’s attribute of eternality:
Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:- Holy Lord God! I Love Thy Truth at joythruChrist
- The Collect for the Sunday after Christmas-Day at Magic Statistics
- Another Year is Dawning at The Happy Wonderer
- Lord’s Day 52, 2007 at The Thirsty Theologian
- Mighty God, While Angel’s Bless Thee at Hiraeth
- For Thy Mercy and Thy Grace at Seasoning of the Heart
- Great God, We Sing Your Mighty Hand at Whatever Things…
- Update: What Wondrous Love is This at Cathy’s Grace Notes
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Raspberry Coffee Cake
While we’re on the subject of recipes from Taste of Home magazine, I’m sharing this recipe for a rolled sweet bread that I made a couple of weeks ago. I tore this recipe out of an issue of Taste of Home several years ago, but tried it for the first time this Christmas. It was fairly easy to do, looked very pretty, and passed the taste test, too.- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1/2 cup warm sour cream (110° to 115°)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- 1-1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in sour cream, butter, sugar, salt and egg. Stir in enough flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead 20 times or until smooth. (I do steps 1 and 2 with my stand mixer with dough hook, which makes bread making so easy.)
- Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours.
- While dough rises, mix filling: In a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth; set aside.
- When dough is doubled, punch it down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half.
- Roll each piece into a 12-in. x 8-in. rectangle.
- Spread filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. Spoon jam lengthwise over half of the filling.
- Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with the long side with the jam. Pinch seams to seal; tuck ends under.
- Place loaves seam side down on a greased baking sheet. With a sharp knife, cut shallow slashes across the top of each.
- Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack.
- Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm coffee cakes.
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Book Review: The Taste of Home Cookbook
Youngest daughter moved out of the house in June, but she still comes home for most of her meals. She’s never shown much interest in cooking and I was surprised when her Christmas list included a request for a good cookbook. Youngest son decided that he’d get this for her, so I showed him my Betty Crocker Cookbook and my Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, suggested he buy either one of those, and sent him down to the local bookstore.rebecca
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What is the moral law?
The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding everyone to personal, perfect, and perpetual conformity and obedience thereunto, in the frame and disposition of the whole man, soul and body,[1] and in performance of all those duties of holiness and righteousness which he oweth to God and man:[2] promising life upon the fulfilling, and threatening death upon the breach of it.[3]
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Not Exactly the Sunday Hymn
I didn’t get around to posting a hymn today, but never fear, all is not lost! I have a couple of songs sung by my church* choir last Sunday. I’d be one of the sopranos, by the way. (I hope these mp3 files will work for you. You’ll be downloading them, because I don’t know how to do it any other way.)
- Advent Hymn with flute by Emily Aasman.
- African Advent Carol. This one includes the Junior Choir, too. The percussive sound toward the end is clapping by the junior choir.
- And as a bonus: Me reading Genesis 22:15-18. Feel free to say I sound about thirteen. I’ve heard it before.
All the Light in Order
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Light (12)
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Revelation 21:23-24; 22:3-4 ESV
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Giddy Up, Little Dogies!
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HT: Hiraeth
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Light (11)
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:5-7 ESV
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