This was the first piece of contemporary “Christian music” that really hit home with me–Thy Word Is a Lamp Unto My Feet, sung by Amy Grant. It’s taken from Psalm 119… and I can’t believe I don’t post it more often.
Category: religion
‘Oh Worship the King’
This was one of my favorite hymns in Sunday school, and it’s still one of my favorites today, a zillion years later: O Worship the King, sung here by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
We are always open for hymn requests, should anybody make one.
‘I Hear Thy Welcome Voice’ (Joshua & Jeremy)
I Hear Thy Welcome Voice–isn’t it lovely? I’d never heard it before. Performed by our dear friends and colleagues, Joshua and Jeremy Swanson. Thanks, brothers!
‘He Who Would Valiant Be’
[Please pray for Patty to come home safe from her doctor’s appointment. It’s only a checkup, but we’re feeling rather vulnerable lately.]
Oh, this hymn sounds fine, played on a great big organ! He Who Would Valiant Be–I can’t ask for better.
‘*Sigh*… “Moral Evolution” (2016)
When you run out of snake oil, there’s always “Evolution.”
No one in public life ever spoke more pure piffle than Barack Obama. Here’s a solid gold example from 2016.
“Moral evolution.” Hot dog! We just keep doin’ what we wanna do because we are already, automatically, couldn’t stop it if we tried… getting better! And we’ve got big government, all-seeing, all-wise, to hurry it along! The Invisible Hand of Evolution–
Can you say “fiddlesticks”?
A Bit of God’s Stuff
There’s something about this video so sweet, so tender, that it’s bringing tears to my eyes and prayers to my heart.
The mother gorilla and the mother human show each other their babies–and the gap between two completely different beings melts shut.
What hath God wrought!
China Shuts Down Missionaries
The head villain, Hsi Chin-P’ing [sorry, no hablamos Pin Yin aqui.
(American “progressives” are drooling with envy.)
For reasons which have not been made entirely clear, Communist China has banned Christian missionary activity in its country (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/08/china-moves-to-formally-end-christian-missionary-activity/). The ban goes into effect May 1.
Why are they doing this?
I think it’s a fit of pique, brought on by America raising tariffs on China. We’ve been paying those tariffs for years, practically financing the communist dictatorship. And then along comes Donald Trump and hits them with 100%-plus tariffs. Yowch!
But as is the case with any communist regime, The State must be upheld as the supreme authority (and, by extension, the Party that owns The State). The chicoms (bless their hearts) “allow” religions–as long as they acknowledge the supremacy of the Party and The State and never, never, never make waves. The Party likes to tell the world that sure, it allows religious freedom. Uh-huh. And the sun rose in the west today.
And is it possible that the Party fears the Christian churches? Check out 2,000 years of history: tyrannical governments always fear God’s justice. They know they’re punks. They know they’ll be condemned unless they change. But they’re too deeply steeped in sin to change… so they knock themselves out trying to change everybody else. They want to sit where King Jesus sits. But the seats they wind up with will be hotter than that.
‘To Be a Pilgrim’
Please indulge me. I love this hymn, it never fails to stir my soul: To Be a Pilgrim, by John Bunyan (aka He Who Would Valiant Be). Sung by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
We are all pilgrims in this age; and the Father will reward us if we don’t turn back.
‘Am I a Soldier of the Cross?’
Mark Twain quoted this hymn in Huckleberry Finn. It’s a classic by Isaac Watts: Am I a Soldier of the Cross?, sung here by Blessing Samuel.
By Request, ‘Above All’
Requested by Thewhiterabbit: Above All, by Michael W. Smith.
I’ve heard that quite a few of you are having trouble with WordPress. Well, so am I, and I don’t know what to do about it. You should’ve seen my viewership stats yesterday. And I had to go to bed early, so I missed a lot.