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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The great hymns of the church are on the way out. They are not gone entirely, but they are going and in their place have come trite jingles that have more in common with contemporary advertising ditties than the psalms. The problem here is not so much the style of the music, though trite words fit best with trite tunes and harmonies. Rather it is with the content of the songs. The old hymns expressed the theology of the Bible in profound and perceptive ways and with winsome memorable language. Today’s songs are focused on ourselves. They reflect our shallow or nonexistent theology and do almost nothing to elevate our thoughts about God. Worst of all are songs that merely repeat a trite idea, word, or phrase over and over again. Songs like this are not worship, though they may give the church-goer a religious feeling. They are mantras, which belong more in a gathering of New Agers than among the worshiping people of God.
James Montgomery Boice

God forgave sinners before Christ died. God forgives sinners since Christ died. But God forgives all sinners because Christ died.
John MacArthur

    • DRAGON

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    DRAGON

    DRAGON, The

    1. Often of a red colour # Re 12:3
    2. DESCRIBED AS 2a) Powerful

      # Re 12:4

    2b) Poisonous # De 32:33 2c) Of solitary habits # Job 30:29 3) Its mournful voice alluded to # Mic 1:8 4) Its wailing alluded to # Mic 1:8 5) Its snuffing up the air alluded to # Jer 14:6 6) Its swallowing of its prey alluded to # Jer 51:34 7) FOUND IN 7a) The wilderness # Mal 1:3 7b) Deserted cities # Isa 13:22 Jer 9:11 7c) Dry places # Isa 34:13 43:20 8) A species of, in rivers # Ps 74:13 Isa 27:1 9) ILLUSTRATIVE 9a) Of cruel and persecuting kings # Isa 27:1 51:9 Eze 29:3 9b) Of enemies of the church # Ps 9:13 9c) Of wicked men # Ps 44:19 9d) Of the devil # Re 13:2 20:2,7 9e) (Poison of,) of wine # De 32:33

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