Tag: Church
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Impersonal, Indifferent
Your Christianity is too impersonal for me, dear brother. Your claim of Christ is too distant from me, dear sister. Your cause of Christ is too narrow for me, dear born again believer. Your concern of Christ to me seems indifferent, dear spirit-filled singer. Your text is too convenient, Your facebook page too unfriendly, Your…
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We Gather Together
Perhaps you know the Thanksgiving hymn, “We Gather Together.” Look to the lyrics of the hymn of thanks and give thought to them: 1. We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; he chastens and hastens his will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name, he forgets…
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Nun danket alle Gott
“Now thank we all our God” is a popular Christian hymn. It is a translation from the German “Nun danket alle Gott”, written circa 1636 by Martin Rinkart (1586–1649), which in turn was inspired by Sirach, chapter 50 verses 22–24, from the praises of Simon the high priest. It was translated into English in the 19th Century by Catherine Winkworth. Modern…
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