Sunday's Hymn: See Amid the Winter's Snow

See amid the winter’s snow,
Born for us on earth below,
See, the gentle Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years.

Refrain

Hail that ever blessèd morn,
Hail redemption’s happy dawn,
Sing through all Jerusalem:
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who, thronèd in height sublime,
Sits amid the cherubim.

Say, you holy shepherds, say,
Tell your joyful news today.
Why have you now left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?

As we watched at dead of night,
Lo, we saw a wondrous light;
Angels singing ‘Peace on earth’
Told us of the Savior’s birth.

Sacred Infant, all divine,
What a tender love was Thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this.

Teach, O teach us, holy Child,
By Thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble Thee,
In Thy sweet humility.

—Ed­ward Cas­wall

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: Praise Our God the Gen’rous Giver at The Heidel-Bible Blog
• Update: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing at Alabamenagerie
• Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus at Hiraeth
• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds at Daily On My Way to Heaven
• On Jordan’s Bank, the Baptist’s Cry at Rosemary at Home
• Hark, Hark—the Notes of Joy at Whatever Things
• The Story That Never Grows Old at The Happy Wonderer
• How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord at Fieldstone Cottage
• Ere the Blue Heavens Were Stretched Abroad at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 49, 2011 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Voices of the Past - December 4, 2011 at The Upward Call
• Update: Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Spurgeon on Evolution

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list. 

Back Again

The cable that brings our internet and television into the house snapped on Thursday. It had stretched and wound it’s way through a tree that grew up around it and the wind on Thursday morning was the end of it. But now they’ve run us a new cable and we’re good to go.

I have a book review of Nancy Guthrie’s The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis, a bible study for women’s groups, that I was going to post on Thursday, but I think I’ll hold off until Monday now. Who reads blogs on Saturday, anyway?

Round the Sphere Again: Apologies for Theology

Two recent posts on one of my hobby horses: the importance of the study of theology for every believer.

In a Church
“There is no reason for any church to be anything other than robustly theological. Churches will still come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. But ‘atheological,’ or worse yet ‘anti-theological,’ should not be one of them.” —Kevin DeYoung gives 6 reasons a church should be theological. 

For Women
“Theology isn’t boring or irrelevant. It is full and rich and beautiful. The more you know God and study Him, the deeper your love will grow for Him. The more you know Him, the more you be grateful for what He has done for you.” —From Ladies: Do Not Shy Away from Theology by Jessica Thompson at Crossway Blog.