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The ESV Reader’s Bible was created for those who want to read the books of Scripture precisely as they were originally written. Verse numbers, section headings, and translation footnotes are helpful navigational and interpretive tools, but they are also relatively recent conventions. In the Reader’s Bible they have been removed from the Bible text, andContinue reading “ESV Reader’s Bible”

September 2 I LOVE THY KINGDOM, LORD!Timothy Dwight, 1752–1817And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (HebrewsContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

September 1 THE CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATIONSamuel J. Stone, 1839–1900… Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. (Ephesians 5:23)During an especially heated period of theological controversy in England in 1866 when liberalism threatened to destroy the great cardinal doctrines of the Anglican church, this hymn was written byContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

September 1.The Church’s One Foundation2.I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord!3.Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken4.O Breath of Life5.O Day of Rest and Gladness6.Brethren, We Have Met to Worship7.Great God of Wonders8.Holy, Holy, Holy9.Immortal, Invisible10.Majesty11.O for a Thousand Tongues12.O Worship the King13.All Hail the Power14.Our Great Savior15.How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds16.His Matchless Worth17.Hallelujah, What aContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

January 5th The afterwards of the life of power Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards. John 13:36. “And when He had spoken this, He saith unto him, Follow Me.” Three years before, Jesus had said—“Follow Me,” and Peter had followed easily, the fascination of Jesus wasContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”