Beneath the Cross of Jesus – Christian Hymns with Lyrics

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Rich Moore
Beneath the Cross of Jesus – Christian Hymns with Lyrics

Beneath the cross of Jesus, I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.
Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One, Who suffered there for me;
And from my smitten heart with tears, two wonders I confess;
For wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.
I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by to know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.
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Be Thou my Vision – Christian hymn with lyrics

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Rich Moore

Be Thou my Vision – Christian hymn with lyrics

1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that thou art; Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise; Thou mine inheritance, now and always; Thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.
3. High King of heaven, my victory won, May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
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Shall Christ Find Faith on the Earth? – Matthew Henry Bible Commentary Audio

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Rich Moore

Shall Christ Find Faith on the Earth? – Matthew Henry Bible Commentary Audio

Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Luke 18:8

“In general, he will find but few good people, few that are really and truly good. Many that have the form and fashion of godliness, but few that have faith, that are sincere and honest: nay, he will find little fidelity among men; the faithful fail, Ps. 12:1, 2. Even to the end of time there will still be occasion for the same complaint. The world will grow no better, no, not when it is drawing towards its period. Bad it is, and bad it will be, and worst of all just before Christ’s coming; the last times will be the most perilous.”
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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded / Christian Hymn with Lyrics / Choir – J. S. Bach

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Rich Moore
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded / Christian Hymn with Lyrics / Choir – J. S. Bach

The hymn is based on a long medieval Latin poem, Salve mundi salutare, with stanzas addressing the various parts of Christ’s body hanging on the Cross. The last part of the poem, from which the hymn is taken, is addressed to Christ’s head, and begins “Salve caput cruentatum.” The poem is often attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), but it first appears in the 14th century.

The last part of the poem was translated into German by the prolific Lutheran hymnist Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676). The German hymn begins, “O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden.
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When an Unclean Spirit goes out of a Man – Matthew Henry Bible Commentary

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Rich Moore

When an Unclean Spirit goes out of a Man – Matthew Henry Bible Commentary

Mat 12:43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

Matthew Henry was a 17th and early 18th Century minister of the Gospel in Chester, England, and died in 1714. Quoting Charles Spurgeon: “First among the mighty for general usefulness we are bound to mention the man whose name is a household word, Matthew Henry. He is most pious and pithy, sound and sensible, suggestive and sober, terse and trustworthy….”

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Your Adversary the Devil, Seeking Whom He May Devour – Matthew Henry Bible Commentary

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Rich Moore

Your Adversary the Devil, Seeking Whom He May Devour – Matthew Henry Bible Commentary

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour
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Paul’s Desire to Depart – Charles Spurgeon Audio Sermons

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Rich Moore
Paul’s Desire to Depart – Charles Spurgeon Audio Sermons

Philippians 1:23 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better
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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Christian Hymn / Lyrics

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Rich Moore

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Christian Hymn / Lyrics

The hymn, “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”, was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first two lines of the second verse do paraphrase St Paul at Galatians 6:14. The poetry of “When I survey…” may be seen as English literary baroque.

The hymn’s fourth verse (“His dying crimson…”) is commonly omitted in printed versions, a practice that began with George Whitefield in 1757.

Words: Isaac Watts

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did eer such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads oer His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

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Set Faith at Work on Christ for the Killing of Your Sin – John Owen

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Rich Moore

Set Faith at Work on Christ for the Killing of Your Sin – John Owen

John Owen – (1616-1683), Congregational theologian


“By faith fill your soul with a due consideration of that provision which is laid up in Jesus Christ for this end and purpose, that all your lusts, this very lust wherewith you art entangled, may be mortified. By faith ponder on this, that though you art no way able in or by yourself to get the conquest over your distemper, though you art even weary of contending, and art utterly ready to faint, yet that there is enough in Jesus Christ to yield you relief, Phil. iv. 13. It staid the prodigal, when he was ready to faint, that yet there was bread enough in his father’s house; though he was at a distance from it, yet it relieved him, and staid him, that there it was.”

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness…”

Psalm 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He has mercy on us.

Isaiah 7:9 …If you will not believe, Surely you shall not be established.

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Sin Leading to Apostasy / Audio & Text – Matthew Henry / Hebrews 3:12

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Rich Moore

Sin Leading to Apostasy / Audio & Text – Matthew Henry / Hebrews 3:12

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (Heb 3:12)

Matthew Henry was a 17th and early 18th Century minister of the Gospel in Chester, England, and died in 1714. Quoting Charles Spurgeon: “First among the mighty for general usefulness we are bound to mention the man whose name is a household word, Matthew Henry. He is most pious and pithy, sound and sensible, suggestive and sober, terse and trustworthy….”

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