tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65699539049903051212024-03-13T10:13:42.959-05:00 The Year D Project"to make the Word of God fully known"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger555125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-71190736263328126122024-03-08T09:48:00.000-06:002024-03-08T09:48:32.412-06:00A bookmark for the agesWith this bookmark, a number of aggregated posts pertaining to free speech (which is rather important for the integrity of preaching) and others that bear on the prophetic voice of preaching (specifically on whether preachers are fully informed of contrarian perspectives and certain demonstrable facts, whether they are aware of the need for social criticism that can reach above and beyond the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-42138179901089499662024-01-11T05:37:00.008-06:002024-01-11T09:39:54.500-06:00Psalm 7 [Shiggaion Chadash]This psalm is designated a "Shiggaion" in its superscription, whatever that is. Strong's Concordance suggests it is "perhaps a wild passionate song with rapid changes of rhythm." Admittedly, this new setting—("Chadash" simply means "new")—has no dramatic rhythmic changes, but the intervals are a bit wild, and the sassy Dsus4/D trill (I'm talking chord shapes here, not actual notes) lends it a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-64288784547145498032024-01-10T06:51:00.003-06:002024-01-10T06:58:32.517-06:005th Sunday in LentHere is the "official video" — that sounds so impressive, doesn't it? — for a new setting of Psalm 101 (my paraphrase), the setting of which I have entitled, "Royal Resolve." The instrumental sections are punctuated by a roll call—inspired by the line: "and the blameless I shall choose for my close companions"—naming those 24 worship leaders who are listed in 1Chronicles 25. Notice who appoints Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-19546296668653402062024-01-09T12:25:00.003-06:002024-01-09T12:28:41.723-06:00Ash Wednesday Psalm (Year D)Psalm 102 is one of the seven penitential psalms, three of which are unused by RCL, four if you count Psalm 143 as unused, which is only read at the Easter Vigil (ABC). Since Psalm 102 employs the imagery of ashes (for bread) and tears (for drink), it seemed an obvious choice for use on Ash Wednesday (which comes early this year, on February 14, 2024). Here, once again, is the new musical Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-44922917741461873292023-12-17T18:28:00.009-06:002023-12-25T20:28:16.582-06:00Psalm 102 [Martyrs on the March]UPDATE: Streamers now added. Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Pandora, Deezer. Watch for YT, Tidal, and others soon.Just released, this epic 10-minute track for an epic psalm. If there was ever a psalm for a blue Christmas, this one is it.And in case you are wondering what all these psalm recordings have to do with Year D, well, it is these very individual lament psalms (those excluded from the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-9307391567914409322023-11-29T06:31:00.003-06:002023-11-29T06:31:51.590-06:00Psalm 141 [Prayer Walk] ... is also available at Amazon.You can read more about this track below.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-90752657217115712302023-11-29T06:19:00.004-06:002023-11-30T07:16:52.303-06:00This Friday, December 1, marks 500 years from the first sermon delivered in this pivotal series on 1John Cloth w/ DJ Kindle &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-47833284538119030542023-11-28T10:36:00.002-06:002023-11-28T10:36:28.878-06:00The First Year in Basel (corrected edition is up)Corrected edition is up, just as the last days of 2023 (500th anniversary of Oecolampadius' first year in Basel) tick down. The First Year in Basel contains the earliest German mass (published three years before Luther's), the next nine letters between Oecolampadius and Zwingli (the first two having appeared in previous volume: The Sermon on the Vernacular and the Correspondence with Hedio),Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-4733229894118905352023-11-17T13:14:00.008-06:002023-11-17T16:50:43.941-06:00Psalm 141 [Prayer Walk]Releasing this single—a bit of music therapy from our Holy Paraclete—from the distantly forthcoming Revenant Psalms, Vol. III. While this is an ongoing project, the prospect of a third volume is so far off, it seems best to release this track now, as the "healing balm" offered by this classic metrical paraphrase of Psalm 141 (slightly modified by yours truly) is sorely needed now on so many Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-22713336754287248272023-10-12T19:18:00.002-05:002023-10-12T19:18:32.346-05:00Psalm 83Set to the tune Bishopthorpe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-85143821541566329512023-10-10T18:25:00.002-05:002023-10-10T18:25:15.801-05:00That was worth it.https://rumble.com/v3ocxzt-a-multimillion-dollar-megachurch-sound-system-cant-compare-to-one-violin-in.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-63070602035846938612023-07-29T09:01:00.000-05:002023-07-29T15:46:25.020-05:00A fresh devotional for the new year. UPDATE: This post was originally from December 29, 2019. Seems a good time to bump it to the top of the stack.I really like and frequently recommend these one-year Bible reading plans, as much for their manageable structure as for their probing and thought-provoking devotional commentary. The Spirit at Work starts at Pentecost. The Word at Work starts on the second Sunday of Easter. Now I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-67476628000491473252023-07-01T05:57:00.057-05:002023-07-02T07:26:13.936-05:00A Short Course in PreachingSubtitle: Daily Reading as the Seedbed of Sermons.It's looking like I'll be teaching preaching a lot to various constituencies and at various levels in the near and foreseeable future, so I figured it was time to boil down the basics, as I see them, into a "short course in preaching." Includes a "Second Short Course" in the form of a sermon on the Benedictus, and a first English Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-27802123152028786832023-06-21T21:00:00.003-05:002023-06-21T21:03:17.466-05:00Heinrich Bullinger's Sermons on the Apocalypse The First Vision (Revelation 1—3)The first 22 of Bullinger's 101 sermons on Revelation. What more orthodox and trustworthy (human) interpreter of the Apocalypse could the church ask for than the author of the Second Helvetic Confession? Very reasonably priced hard cover with d.j.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-31755488336510755712023-06-13T06:25:00.001-05:002023-06-13T06:25:15.389-05:00Revenant Psalms, Vol. II Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-71954254197361421082022-12-28T09:17:00.001-06:002022-12-28T09:17:10.888-06:00This really pulls back the curtain on cobalt... and makes carbon look beautiful by comparison.https://rumble.com/v21xovy-the-disturbing-reality-of-cobalt-mining-for-rechargeable-batteries.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-63045442604152127122022-12-04T06:20:00.001-06:002022-12-04T06:20:03.289-06:00Oliver's Christmas commentary nicely conveys the sense of the Magnificat Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-45381285290162601292022-11-30T09:20:00.001-06:002022-12-02T05:47:29.664-06:00499 years old, now going on 500This historical and pivotal sermon series began on December 1, 1523. It evidently ran right up through Christmas Eve.2023 would be a great time to have a Bible study on 1John, with Oecolampadius' sermon series to guide you. Here is a playlist of 17 videos consisting of a 30-min Introduction and sixteen short summaries by Oecolampadius' leading biographer, Ernst Staehelin (a contemporary Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-34193620642334086922022-11-30T09:18:00.005-06:002022-11-30T09:18:51.138-06:00First Year in BaselThis latest volume in the series, The First Year in Basel, fills the gap between Sown on Rock: The Sermon on the Vernacular and the Correspondence with Hedio, and the Sermons on the First Epistle of John (A Handbook for the Christian Life).[Links to images lead to paperbacks. Links in the paragraph above lead to hardcover options.]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-51430125988725108682022-10-15T08:31:00.002-05:002022-10-15T08:31:26.012-05:00What is a Christian to do in a time of runaway inflation?Lower prices on Christian resources, of course!No time to list them all. But check out my Amazon author page and you will see. Note the several Advent and Christmas selections, from the sublime ...Johannes Oecolampadius, Sermons on the First Epistle of John (A Handbook for the Christian Life), a groundbreaking Advent sermon series that turns 500 years old next year.Waste Not the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-87511611371396206302022-10-06T05:30:00.000-05:002022-10-06T05:30:00.178-05:00The "Mere Christianity" of its day Cloth w/ DJ Kindle &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-58151170982960889332022-10-05T05:00:00.007-05:002022-10-05T07:09:24.472-05:00"What does the fire chief say?" Cloth w/ DJ Kindle &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-21546660914736051462022-10-04T04:30:00.045-05:002022-10-26T15:01:18.438-05:00The "purest Gospel" Cloth w/ DJ Kindle &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-61585311635744056732022-10-03T04:00:00.014-05:002022-10-03T06:13:38.422-05:00Jesus trusted his mom to this guy Cloth w/ DJ Kindle &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569953904990305121.post-49561298242003878742022-09-30T14:37:00.005-05:002022-09-30T14:45:55.947-05:00Plan now for your all-congregation Bible study of 1John guided by the sermons of Oecolampadius Cloth w/ DJ Kindle Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0