{"id":721,"date":"2007-09-06T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/09\/how_great_thou.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:32","slug":"how_great_thou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/09\/how_great_thou.shtml","title":{"rendered":"How Great Thou Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I’ve failed to mention that Jared of the Thinklings<\/a> has a solo blog again, The Gospel Oriented Church<\/a>. Add it to your regular reading routine, it’s worth it.
\nSomeday when I actually update my long outdated blogroll, it’ll get a link here.
\nTuesday he posted a powerful celebration of the gospel<\/a> centered around one of my favorite old hymns, How Great Thou Art. I’m tempted to quote the whole thing, but I won’t. Instead I’ll tease you with this:<\/p>\n

When you even barely grasp the depths of your depravity in even a glimpse of the light of God’s holiness, and then see that terrible contrast intersecting at the cross, where God’s only Son bled the ground red with grace, how can you not be moved? How can I not be moved?
\n…
\nThe scandalous beauty of the crucified king, the awful glory of the sacrificed Lord: this is the watershed moment of all of history, and it ought to be the watershed moment of your history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I needed that reminder to stand in awe of God’s audacious and glorious plan of reconciliation. Go read the entire thing, it’s a moving reminder.<\/p>\n

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
\nSent Him to die, I scarce can take it in.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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