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		<title>August 31 Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, we begin our rehearsals before holding our first worship services in our new church building on September 12. I&#8217;m also in the process of cleaning up our Order of Worship format to be more readable and helpful. More on that to come. (Reading books like REWORK have done wonders in helping me as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Doxology - Praise to God the Father Sing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a doxology that I wrote a few years back based upon the Doxology to Martin Luther&#8217;s hymn &#8220;Savior of the Nations, Come&#8221;. Doxology (Praise to God the Father Sing) Lead Sheet Praise to God the Father sing. Praise to God the Son, our King. Praise to God the Spirit be, Ever and eternally.]]></description>
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		<title>Page CXVI - Hymns II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hymns II from Page CXVI drops today. To mark their new release, the band is offering a free download of their first album, Hymns, from April 27 to May 4. I really liked the first album. The band has some great, creative arrangements of Come Thou Fount, In Christ Alone, My Jesus I Love Thee, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/04/27/page-cxvi-hymns-ii/</link>
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		<title>The Four Rules of Preaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Frame gives four rules for preaching: Make it biblical Make is clear Apply it correctly to the congregation Make it interesting Any other rules (as opposed to maxims) that you would add?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/04/14/the-four-rules-of-preaching/</link>
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		<title>Jesus, Lord, Redeemer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Miller Kirkland (1857-1943) wrote this hymn for Easter evening. Jesus, Lord, Redeemer, Once for sinners slain, Crucified in weakness, Raised in power, to reign, Dwelling with the Father, Endless in thy days, Unto thee be glory, Honor, blessing, praise. Faithful ones, communing, Towards the close of day, Desolate and weary, Met thee in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/04/06/jesus-lord-redeemer/</link>
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		<title>Seeing the terrible cost of our salvation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A gem from Michael Spencer on Good Friday. Here&#8217;s the closing prayer: Master, this day is our day to stand and look. To be amazed and disturbed. This is a day to put away glad songs, and to see the terrible cost of our salvation. This is also a day to believe, and as Watts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/04/02/seeing-the-terrible-cost-of-our-salvation/</link>
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		<title>The essence of worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Words from John Piper: [T]he essence of worship is not external, localized acts, but an inner, Godward experience that shows itself externally not primarily in church services (though they are important) but primarily in daily expressions of allegiance to God. John Piper Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, page 228 (ebook edition)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/03/16/the-essence-of-worship/</link>
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		<title>Break thy schemes of earthly joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A moving hymn by John Newton. I don&#8217;t think I have the guts to try to set it musically for fear of somehow losing the power of the text itself. Prayer answered by crosses I asked the Lord that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of his salvation know, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/03/08/break-thy-schemes-of-earthly-joy/</link>
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		<title>At the Name of Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spurred on by Bruce Benedict&#8217;s post Songs for Epiphany, here is an arrangement of At the Name of Jesus to Ralph Vaughan Williams&#8217; outstanding tune, King&#8217;s Weston. At the Name of Jesus]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psalmsandhymns.com/2010/01/05/at-the-name-of-jesus-2/</link>
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		<title>O Holy Night: &quot;People stand up! Sing of your deliverance!&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Worship Reformation Network mailing list, some recent discussion has revolved around &#8220;O Holy Night&#8221; and its appropriateness as a congregational song. Leeanne White posted a translation of the original French poem on which &#8220;O Holy Night&#8221; is based. Midnight, Christians, it&#8217;s the solemn hour, When God-man descended to us To erase the stain [...]]]></description>
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