Thomas Oden is not a household name, but he’s written a fascinating autobiography—Christian pastors and leaders should seriously consider reading it. Oden was a prolific scholar, had a PhD from Yale, and taught theology at Drew University, in New Jersey…
The psalmists have a lot to say about our privilege and responsibility to declare God’s glory. While we primarily think of this declaration as a witness to the “nations” or the “heathen,” as this anthem says, it begins a little…
As I was listening to this anthem, the thought that came to my mind was: “This could only truly be sung by someone who was redeemed and knew it.” Yes, anyone can sing the words, and people do just that…
Glory is one of those concepts which can be difficult to nail down because it is so broad. The Hebrew word translated glory has a sense of weight to it, a heaviness. This is why C.S. Lewis entitled one of…
It often amazes and confuses me that the song Amazing Grace and opposed to the true message of this grace of which we sing. There are two main misunderstandings about grace that we will look at today. The first is…
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