The Infinite Beauty of Beauty
A nine-month old brain child concerning Beauty and many of its components is finally done being birthed on a blog. Come see…
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In about January of this past year, I received word that seven months from then, in August, I would be giving a message at Epiphany Fellowship on the topic of Beauty, of all things. This terrified me and I immediately began listening to every lecture, reading every article, and checking out every book in the library on the topic to prepare. Then I began working on the manuscript for this message. By the time I finished, I had produced a 43-page manuscript for a 40-minute message. The message answers several questions: Why we long for Beauty? What is Beauty? What Things are Beautiful? and How do we respond to Beauty?
The message went really well, but of course, a lot was cut out of the full manuscript for the sake of time. For that reason, a couple of months ago, I started a series on my blog that went through the various sections of the manuscript in bite-sized chunks, so that others could read it. Well, yesterday, three months after the original message was given, I finished that series on my personal blog and I wanted to plug it to the readers of this site. Below, you’ll find a complete directory of the fourteen parts of the series, along with links to the full audio and original manuscript that the message was based upon. I hope this is helpful and edifying to all of you. Be sure to send feedback, as I hope to build this out even more in the future, perhaps into a book-length project. We’ll see. Enjoy.
Free Anathallo Hymns to stir your heart
The point here at Reform & Revive is to show the world various expressions from the hearts of believers whose lives have been impacted by the truth of who God is (also known as “Theology”). We share the commitment that right doctrine will (and must) always lead to both right practice and worship.
Nothing I know of best encapsulates this idea more clearly than Hymns. They are some of the most passionate expressions of who God is, but they come from theologically informed minds. The hymns we still sing today are the ones that most resonate with us as expressions from a heart impacted by a clarity of doctrine and vision of the things of God.
That is why I’m putting this post up. The great band Anathallo, recorded an album of hymns a few years back. It is now out of print, so they allow it to be posted on sites and blogs to be given away for free. I just recently put this on my personal blog, so I want to extend this offer to the readership here at Reform & Revive. A free, amazing, album of hymns? Who can resist?
Here’s the link to the post where the album is.
May it stir your affections for Christ ever increasingly.
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