Worship Quotables

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• Sons through the Son
  The Son, in plunging into our world and assuming our flesh, revealed the Father and accomplished all things so that we could, in reality, join him in his prayer, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15). —Edith M. Humphrey, “The Gift of the Father: Looking at Salvation History Upside Down,” in Trinitarian Theology for the Church: Scripture, Community, […]
• Found, Taken Hold of, Loved
  I sought the Lord and afterward I knew He moved my soul to seek Him, seeking me;It was not I that found, O Savior trueNo, I was found of Thee. Thou didst reach forth Thy hand and mine enfold;I walked and sank not on the storm vexed sea,T’was not so much that I on Thee […]
• Incarnation and Trinity
  With a glance back to Herbert’s two treasures [see yesterday’s Quotable], we see that the revelation of the incarnation and the Trinity, though hinted at for long ages, was not, in every sense, a gradual unveiling. No sooner is the lock of the incarnation undone, than the lock on the treasure chest of the Trinity springs […]
• Two Treasures
  Thou hast but two rare cabinets full of treasure,The Trinity, and Incarnation:Thou hast unlockt them both,And made them jewels to betrothThe work of thy creationUnto thy self in everlasting pleasure. —George Herbert (1593-1633), “The Temple”