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By Request, ‘Faith of Our Fathers’

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Requested by Phoebe, sung by the students of Fountainview Academy, Faith of Our Fathers: a hymn that reminds us that sometimes the price of faithfulness is martyrdom.

Our country’s founders did their level best to create a polity in which there would be no martyrs, with a government that would protect religious liberty.

Any fool equipped with brute force can conquer someone, and stay in power until a stronger fool comes along; but “we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37). Persecution never stopped the growth of the Church; and be sure that righteous God will avenge it.

By Request, ‘This World Is Not My Home’

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And here’s the next entry in our hymn contest, requested by Joshua–This World Is Not My Home, sung by Dan Hassan.

We glorify God and cement our fellowship with hymns.

Let the Hymn Contest Begin! (First Entry: ‘Adonai’)

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Okay, as of now, the hymn contest is up and running. Erlene requested this hymn yesterday–Adonai by Paul Wilbur–so I’m putting it in this morning as our first entry.

The contest will run till August 8 (our wedding anniversary).

The winner will be whoever requests the hymn that winds up getting the most views on the day it was requested. So you see we could have a new leader every day. If this rule isn’t clear, please let me know and I’ll try to explain it.

The winner will get either an autographed copy of one of my books or a cool T-shirt that says “If they have to kill us, they’ve lost”–your choice.

This will work just like our annual Christmas carol contest, only it’s starting in July so you don’t need a scarf and mittens.

Coming Up… Hymn Contest

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What Is a Quokka? 15 Facts About the "Happiest" Creature on Earth

Lee says if we get ten more yes votes, we’ll hold the hymn contest. There are quokkas standing by to help!

It’ll be along the same lines as our annual Christmas carol contest. Whoever requests the hymn that gets the most views on the day it was requested will win the contest.

I am trying to arrange for the prize to be a bicycle. Maybe we can sneak it past him this time.

Let us hear from you! Vote for the hymn contest. Even better–participate in it. Can’t possibly go wrong by posting hymns!

Should We Have A Hymn Contest?

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The Wind from Heaven (Bell Mountain, 13)

I don’t know what’s holding up The Wind from Heaven, but it should become available any day now.

Meanwhile, we have a mostly empty house today; and although I know Big Tech is stifling Christian bloggers left and right, I still have to try to get my view numbers back up to where they were last year.

Contests? Everybody like contests–right?

How’s this for an idea? (I won’t bother with it if it doesn’t excite interest.) A hymn contest along the lines of our annual Christmas carol contest. Within a set time limit, the person who requested the hymn that received the most views on the day it was requested will win the prize: an autographed copy of The Wind from Heaven or a cool red-and-white T-shirt bearing the quote, “If they have to kill us, they’ve lost.” Wear it to the supermarket and collect dirty looks from liberals!

Anyhow, that’s my suggestion for trying to liven things up around here. I’m tired of losing one, two, three thousand views a month compared to last year.

Should we do it? Are you ready to play? Please let me know.