If God has granted my prayers and lifted my illness, I’m just now on my way to Christmas shopping and you’re listening to this–Good Christian Men, Rejoice, sung by the Robert Shaw Chorale.
Category: religion
‘Gesu Bambino’ (Pavarotti)
I don’t understand the language, but what does that matter? Pavarotti sings directly to the heart. It would move the heart of a statue. And the message of the hymn, the proclamation that Jesus Christ is born, is the heart’s best nourishment.
By Request, ‘All Praise to You’
Ah, here it is, Joshua’s other hymn–All Praise to You, by GLAD.
The other night Patty said something that set off my imagination. What was it like for those shepherds to whom the heavenly host appeared in the sky, to announce the birth of the Messiah? Really, can you imagine being there for that?
By Request, ‘In the First Light’
Joshua asked for two hymns by GLAD today, but only this one loaded: In the First Light. I’ll have to try again later for the other one. Movin’ kind of slow today…
‘Liam Neeson, Abortion-Loving Idiot’ (2015)
Unborn babies, beware–he’s coming for you.
So the guy they had to host the Oscars this year is suddenly disqualified because he once told a couple of homo jokes and now he’s got to finish “evolving”–into what, I dunno–and suddenly they don’t have anybody to host the Oscars.
Yo, Hollywood, I’ll do it! “Welcome to this year’s left-wing jidrool extravaganza, complete with movies that normal people wouldn’t watch if you threw in free popcorn…”
But has anybody asked if Liam Neeson is available? Last heard from denouncing Christianity and praising abortion, he’d be right up their street.
https://leeduigon.com/2015/10/22/liam-neeson-abortion-loving-idiot/
Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever watched the Oscars in my life. How about you?
By Request, ‘Little Donkey’
Requested by Ina, Little Donkey, with movie clips from The Nativity. I was always fond of the donkey, the sheep, and the cow who were there in the stable when Jesus was born. Something about their presence seems very fitting.
‘The Christian Christmas Tree’ by Mark Rushdoony
Mark Rushdoony wrote this for the Chalcedon magazine in 2001, and it will serve us well today. It’s a little long, but stick with it: given the fallen world’s growing hostility to Christian faith, we want to hang on to Christmas–and reclaim it for Our Lord and for His people.
https://chalcedon.edu/magazine/the-christian-christmas-tree
Simply put, it’s okay for us to have a Christmas tree. Throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, the tree symbolizes the Tree of Life: and the Tree of Life is also Jesus Christ. That trees have been misused by pagans, unbelievers, and secularists does not invalidate it as a Christian symbol. It’s ours, God gave it to us, and we ought to keep it.
By Request, ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ (GLAD)
From Joshua we have this request: O Come, O Come Emmanuel sung in a capella by GLAD.
Keep those Christmas hymns coming, everybody. In the name of Jesus Christ Our King, we defy this fallen world.
By Request, ‘Christ Was Born on Christmas Day’
Let’s start the day with Phoebe’s request, Christ Was Born on Christmas Day, by the Robert Shaw Chorale.
I was sick all day yesterday with a wicked allergy attack, and awake all night with sinus toothaches and eye-aches; but I think I’ll be better sometime this afternoon. I’ve just begun to breathe again.
By Request, ‘Angels from the Realms of Glory’
Jan has requested one of my favorites, Angels from the Realms of Glory. I chose this rendition by the King’s College Choir, Cambridge.