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“What Have We Done?” as performed by The Northern Conspiracy on Good Friday (April 6th, 2007) at MHC | Shoreline.
This was performed at Mars Hill Church (Seattle) on Good Friday, although a little repetitive it does a good job of looking deep within and admitting honestly the reality of our Christ-following.
Oh my soul, Oh my Jesus. Judas sold you for thirty, I’d have done it for less.
Oh my soul, Oh my Savior. Peter denied you three times, I have denied you more.
As the nails went in, I was standing right there.
As you breathed your last, I shook my head and I cried.
Oh my God, what have we done. We have destroyed your son (x2)
Oh my soul, Oh my Jesus. Judas sold you for thirty, I’d have done it for less.
Oh my soul, Oh my Savior. Peter denied you three times, I have denied you more.
And the blood ran down, and I was standing right there
And the water poured, I shook my head and I cried.
Oh my God, what have we done. We have destroyed your son (x4)
(repeat v. 1)
This lovely title page from “A treatyise of the iustificacyon by faith only, otherwise called the parable of the wyked Mammon.” Was posted over at The Conventicle – I have a softspot for this… old books and theology! This is just beautiful…
Reading bits
Mar 29
This usage of pegboard makes an ordinary desk into an extraordinary space-saver! As an IT worker with more cables than I care to admit this is nothing short of revolutionary, seems like a good project to try in the near future.
Peace.
Alister McGrath levels what might be called a warning shot at Richard Dawkins in this passionate article from the Daily Mail.
It goes along well with this little youtube presentation I saw on the web last week or so.
Many thanks to the Tall Skinny Kiwi for the story!
Random News
Jan 12
The church that is Shakespeare’s resting place is falling apart, but you can help save it by giving money.
A wild story about a Pastor who sold the church out from underneath his congregation.
The drama continues… will the Episcopal Church take the property from separating congregations?
A “church” that deifies Marijuana goes to court for possession… who didn’t see this coming?
Annoying Church Bells! Just on complaint is all it takes to make them go away.
Ahh… the venerable sermon… method of choice for imparting wisdom to the pews for over a thousand years.
Sadly, this ancient art can often be just a jumble of mediocre clichés, stitched together to keep an audience enthralled until the collection plate is passed.
Well, a web-based tool just might help you rid your sermons of overused clichés—and hopefully help you to develop a more refined presentation.
Check out the Cliché Finder
Now if only they could make a copy-editor/fact-checker too (cheesy sermon “examples” [often just white-lies from a book] won’t stand a chance!)
No Cheese Allowed
I’m constantly impressed by John Piper’s Desiring God ministry, he’s made his sermons and notes available for free online, but recently his books have been made available (I’m not sure when it started.)
Today the book, Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce was made available for free from the Desiring God website and it looks like it well worth a read.
This distribution method is just so amazing to me, I applaud the people behind it and I pray that it would be used to bless people around the world.
Further reading (for free!)
What Jesus Demands from the World
When the Darkness Will Not Lift