When the Jews sang Psalm 87, and Christians read it, it was to be a reminder of the great mission God has imparted to us. We are not here for ourselves; we are here as the people of God to bless and disciple nations. By the proclamation and demonstration of
Hell exists because of human freedom. Both human freedom and human responsibility are major themes of Scripture. We see this in two trees, one in each testament. The Old Testament speaks of the tree in the midst of the garden. This is the affirming place of human freedom. In the
When I was in school, my teachers in two subjects taught me the concept of transposition. In math we learned to move a number and its sign from one side of the equation to another. In music we learned to move the pitch of a composition upwards or downwards. But
In the second line, Watts says “Let earth receive her king.” Note that the object of the first two lines has changed, from world to earth. I don’t think this was a slip of the pen or poetic variation in his writing. Watts was not only a hymn writer, he was
Now I want to look in detail at the New Year’s carol – Joy to the World. In the next installments of this blog series we will examine the significance of each stanza for our lives as we enter this New Year. As we have said, this hymn celebrates the
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