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How Sweet The Name

John — Wed, 03 May 2017 08:21:16 +0000

1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer’s ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole
and calms the troubled breast;
’tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary, rest.

3 O Jesus, shepherd, guardian, friend,
my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
accept the praise I bring.

4 How weak the effort of my heart,
how cold my warmest thought;
but when I see you as you are,
I’ll praise you as I ought.

5 Till then I would your love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of your name
refresh my soul in death.

Written by John Newton

Audio Source: Aileen Gilchrist (Sermon Index)

Pass Me Not

John — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:21:02 +0000

Written by: By Fanny J. Crosby and W. H. Doane

Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.

Refrain:
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.

Let me at Thy throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief,
Kneeling there in deep contrition;
Help my unbelief.

Refrain

Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.

Refrain

Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in Heav’n but Thee?

Audio Source: Scripture Songs

Who Can Enter The Kingdom of God

John — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:07:36 +0000

This is an invitational service message preached by Pastor Mark Stocker at Spring Road Evangelical Church, Southampton. Text for sermon is: Matthew 5:1-12,7:21-23

The Solid Rock

John — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 22:16:35 +0000

My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
all other ground is sinking sand,
all other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3 His oath, his covenant, his blood
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

4 When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found,
dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain]

Author: Edward Mote (1834)

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Praise Song Cruncher

John — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 23:06:51 +0000

This is a full episode from the Table Talk Radio podcast which, although it is a very tongue-in-cheek programme with much funny banter, it is still very much on the money with its content. One of the regular features of the show is called the “praise song cruncher”, where the presenters listen to a popular current praise song, and then examine it for false doctrine and mysticism etc.. If you want to just listen to the section I’m highlighting it begins at around 17 minutes in.

One of the reasons I’ve decided to share this particular episode is that the song being crunched is an extremely popular song from a mega church in Redding, California called Bethel Church, led by pastor Bill Johnson. Considering the size and popularity of this church, and its far reaching influence amongst other churches even here in the U.K., then it is worrying that such a theologically diabolical song such as this could be used in a worship service. Another reason being that after spending quite a few years leading worship in charismatic churches myself, I realise now that much of what I was involved in at the time in reality was a form of mysticism rather than a true experience from the Holy Spirit.

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Have Mercy on me Oh God

John — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:18:55 +0000

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
² Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:1-2 (NKJV)

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There is a Fountain Filled with Blood

John — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:17:11 +0000

1 There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away:
Wash all my sins away,
Wash all my sins away;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

3 Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r,
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved, to sin no more:
Be saved, to sin no more,
Be saved, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved to sin no more.

4 E’er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die:
And shall be till I die,
And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.

5 When this poor lisping, stamm’ring tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save:
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save;
then in a nobler, sweeter song
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save.

Author: William Cowper

Audio Source: Scripture Songs

Before the Throne of God Above

John — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:33:03 +0000

1 Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea;
a great High Priest, whose name is Love,
who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on his hands,
my name is written on his heart;
I know that while in heaven he stands
no tongue can bid me thence depart,
no tongue can bid me thence depart.

2 When Satan tempts me to despair
and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look, and see him there
who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
for God the Just is satisfied
to look on him and pardon me,
to look on him and pardon me.

3 Behold him there! the risen Lamb,
my perfect, spotless righteousness;
the great unchangeable “I AM,”
the King of glory and of grace!
One with himself, I cannot die,
my soul is purchased by his blood;
my life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ my Savior and my God,
with Christ my Savior and my God.

Author: Charitie L. Bancroft, 1841-1892

Source of Audio: SermonIndex.net

Interpreting Bible Prophecy – Part 1

John — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:00:02 +0000

This is the second episode of a series of lectures from Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on the subject of eschatology. The lectures are closely linked with his excellent book entitled “A Case for Amillennialism“, which I highly recommend to anyone caught up in the highly confusing doctrines associated with dispensational theology.

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What is Repentance?

John — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:35:17 +0000

This is the first episode of a series from Dr. R. C. Sproul on the doctrine of repentance. In this first episode, he explains what true repentance is according to the Bible, and how it is now and always has been an integral part of the lives of God’s people.

Original Source: Renewing Your Mind