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Lord’s Day Hymn – “What child is this?”

“What Child is This?” By William Dix, 1865 What Child is this who, laid to rest On Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds … Continue reading

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“Two kinds of black” by Douglas Wilson

“As we celebrate the coming of the Christ, we must never forget the kind of world He was born into. The blackness that the star of Bethlehem shone brightly from was a creational blackness, the kind of blackness that was … Continue reading

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