Whilst music has always had some part to play in the lives of people and their communities, there has never been a period in history where exposure to music has been greater than at present. In ancient times, music was only heard on special occasions when skilled players, instruments and audience we…
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Our title is taken from Amos 6:5 incorporating the marginal rendering. The same prophet records, “Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols” (ch 5:25). There is a spirit in our society, described by Paul as “the course of this world … the prince…
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The record of the thieves on Calvary, and the discussion which took place as they hung on the cross, is extraordinary. Despite the enormity of his crimes and the extremity of his circumstances, one of the thieves on the cross was guaranteed a place in the kingdom, the fruit of a changed heart and a …
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Recorded in Matthew 14 is the story of the storm on the lake, an event straightforward in its simplicity, interesting in its drama, and powerful in its exhortation value. There can be no more frightening experience than to be in a tiny boat afloat on the vastness of a great deep, utterly at …
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