Church, Kingdom, and the earliest American hymn still in general use
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    The Forerunner and the Coming of the Lord
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    The Bishop of Rome’s encyclical is welcome if inadequate
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    Christ clothed in our flesh, and we clothed with Him
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    Further thoughts on this rich image
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    A garbled Gloria betrays a misunderstanding of the nature of this text
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    A look at another fine Bland Tucker hymn based on an early Christian source
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    Tracing the history of this Easter anthem
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    The origins of this Easter Gloria paraphrase, first sung on this date in 1523
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    Looking high and low for the divine Presence
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    The early Christian source of this fine Bland Tucker hymn
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    Psalm 19 connects the creating, redeeming, and sustaining aspects of the divine
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    The full text and real import of Pierpoint’s ‘For the beauty of the earth’
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    A forthcoming book from Church Publishing is sadly riddled with half-truths and errors
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    We cannot create, destroy, or bring about, but rather only discover, the Kingdom
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    Christ’s coming into the world was and always is a threat to worldly power
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    Seeking signs of the Kingdom in the pre-Advent season
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    Baptism on All Saints’ Day reminds us that it is baptism into the Communion of Saints
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    Connecting Holy Cross Day, the Transfiguration, and the Feast of Tabernacles
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    Connecting Newton’s fine hymn to the Transfiguration, Holy Cross Day, and Sukkoth
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