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September 3 GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKENJohn Newton, 1725–1807Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. GodContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

Answer: When the books of the Bible were originally written, they did not contain chapter or verse references. The Bible was divided into chapters and verses to help us find Scriptures more quickly and easily. It is much easier to find “John chapter 3, verse 16” than it is to find “for God so loved theContinue reading “Who divided the Bible into chapters and verses?”

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”