Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son; endless is the victory Thou o’er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave-clothes where Thy body lay. Refrain: Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son; endless is the victory Thou o’er death hast won. Lo! Jesus meets us. Risen from… Continue Reading
Paul commands us to sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. We can (and do!) debate the identity of hymns and spiritual songs, but we know what a psalm is. And for this reason, our church has adopted the practice of regularly singing the psalms. In particular, we have a “psalm of the month,” which we… Continue Reading
During the early- to mid-1990s I was busy with doctoral work while planting and pastoring a church in a small town outside of Dallas. One of my best friends from seminary pastored a Regular Baptist congregation in Leavenworth, Kansas. During our conversations he began to talk about meeting a brilliant young professor from Calvary Bible… Continue Reading
The phrase “the Lord’s Day” is used only one time in the Scriptures, and it comes in the final book of the New Testament. In Revelation 1:10 the apostle John describes himself being “in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” when he received revelation from Jesus Christ Himself. The word “Lord’s” is the Greek word kuriake,… Continue Reading