Deus Misereatur

New Testament Christological Hymns: Exploring Texts, Contexts, and Significance by Matthew E. Gordley My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are passages in the New Testament that have a credal feel to them; stanzas that have a texture and tone that seems to lend itself to song. Matthew E. Gordley, dean of the College of Learning and Innovation at Carlow University, examines these portions in his newly released 252 page paperback, "New Testament Christological Hymns: Exploring Texts, Contexts and Significance". It is a mildly specialized manual, but is accessible to most perceptive and thoughtful readers. In "New Testament Christological Hymns" Gordley explores several "hymnic passages" in detail. His aim is "to provide a comprehensive, comparative, and exegetically informed analysis of New Testament christological hymns in light of their cultural, literary, and theological contexts" (11).He begins by giving the genealogy of New Testament hymnic stu...

This evening in family worship we sang this hymn. What warm, heartfelt thoughts flow through this hymn! Listen to the organ music while you sing or meditate on the words. O Lord, How Shall I Meet You  Trinity Hymnal (rev. ed.) #156  By: Paul Gerhardt   Organ Music O Lord, how shall I meet you,  How welcome you aright?  Your people long to greet you,  My hope, my heart's delight!  Oh, kindle, Lord most holy, Your lamp within my breast To do in spirit lowly  All that may please you best. Love caused your incarnation;  Love brought you down to me.  Your thirst for my salvation  Procured my liberty.  Oh, love beyond all telling, That led you to embrace  In love, all love excelling,  Our lost and fallen race. Rejoice, then, you sad-hearted,  Who sit in deepest gloom,  Who mourn your joys departed  And tremble at your doom.  Desp...