Tag Archives: From Age to Age

Sovereign Grace Webstore Sale

The Sovereign Grace Ministries online store is having a GREAT sale right now! You can access the book sale here. At these prices, a lot of these are hard to pass up! Here are a few of my favorites that you can get cheap “while supplies last” (links are to Amazon for price comparison):

Again, all books are available here. Their music is also deeply discounted. The music sale is here. I’ll embed my favorite albums here from their Bandcamp page so you can stream the entire albums for free to see which ones you like; all of these are $5 in the webstore sale:

Favorite tracks: “O My Soul, Arise” and “Immovable Our Hope Remains”

Favorite tracks: “Alive” and “You Have Been Raised”

Favorite tracks: “In the Valley” and “Let Your Kingdom Come”

Favorite tracks: “I Will Glory in My Redeemer” and “Before the Throne of God Above”

For some reason, my very favorite SGM album (“Come Weary Saints”) is not listed on their Bandcamp page. Anyway, one last time, the music sale is here. It’s probably a good thing I already own everything I’ve listed here, or I’d be sending off a fat check! I might anyway… it’s never too early for Christmas shopping, right?

*EDIT*

How did I miss the fact that they also have some great DVD’s for sale? The video of all the sessions from the Together for the Gospel conferences in 2006 and 2008 are normally $50 each, but on sale for only $5! I just ordered both. Score!

Combing the Net – 5/22/2012

Tennessee’s Newest State Park — At noon today, Cummins Falls State Park will be officially dedicated. This has been one of my favorite local outdoor spots since shortly after moving to Cookeville in 1999, but I didn’t realize until seeing this article that it had been “one of Travel and Leisure magazine’s top 10 swimming holes in the country for more than 100 years”.

Competitive Mothering — This is a really great article! Ladies, mothering is hard enough without the temptation to constantly compare yourself to every other mom’s success stories on Facebook and Pinterest.

Today you open up Facebook or blogs and you see daily updates from the moms who lead the way, who set the standards. They keep the house spotless every day, even while homeschooling six kids. They never miss a day of devotions and love every minute of working their way through Jonathan Edwards and John Owen. They go thrifting and put together a magazine-worthy home on a budget of very nearly nothing. They dress beautifully or eclectically or whatever their style is, without spending any money. Their husbands are that perfect combination of handsome and harmless, good-looking but not demanding. Their children are mischievous but not rebellious, they make funny messes in the home, but nothing that can’t be fixed with a hug and a few homemade chocolate chip cookies.

The Coming Meltdown in College Education — Lots of people have talked about an economic “higher education bubble”, but this article by Mark Cuban is one of the better ones I’ve seen. (HT: Z)

Idolatrous Worship Singing — Paul Clark cautions us against an idolatrous spirit in our corporate worship, a constant temptation for all of us.

At what stage of planning worship to attract outsiders does the controlling point of worship move to formation based upon what will “please” the target of attraction?  Is this really the biblical purpose of Christian worship?

4 Ways to Fight Clean Over Doctrine — Is it possible to hold to our theological convictions yet be able to fellowship with other believers who have different convictions? I believe it is, but these suggestions are vitally important if we hope to keep the conversations civil.

Q&A With Matt Chandler About His New Book — Mark Driscoll recently interviewed Matt Chandler about The Explicit Gospel, an excellent book which I reviewed last week.

I’ve been greatly enjoying the album From Age to Age since it was released a little over a month ago. This acoustic version of the song “Glorious Christ” is a lot of fun! (SSBC members may recognize the song, as this is the album that has been played before our worship services the last couple weeks.)

A Mighty Fortress

God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Come, behold the works of the LORD,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
(Psalm 46 ESV)

In 1529, Martin Luther wrote a hymn based on this Psalm. Over the ensuing centuries this hymn has inspired many others. Here are a few of my favorites:

This is Christy Nockels, from her album Life Light Up. You can order the CD, or download the album or just this track.

This is from Sovereign Grace Music’s newest album From Age to Age. Download the album or the track.

This is the first 1/3 (click here for part 2 and part 3) of J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 80, performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. An even better recording of this cantata packaged with two others (with a motet thrown in for good measure) is available for a steal here.

And of course, my favorite version of the original, performed a capella by Steve Green:

This is from a 1987 video called “In Concert”. Good luck finding it anywhere but on YouTube!

New Album from Sovereign Grace Music

I’m a HUGE fan of the hymn albums produced by Sovereign Grace Music. We’ve sung many of them in our church. Whether original hymns (like All I Have Is Christ and I Will Glory in My Redeemer) or re-written older hymns (like Before the Throne of God Above and Oh the Deep Deep Love), they are always lyrically rich and congregationally accessible.

Their next album releases on April 10, but until then, you can pre-order it for only $5! Here’s a sample track from the new album:

Anybody else picking up on an “Adele” vibe with this one? Either way, I like it a lot!