November 17, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, November 17.
Part of my job at First Baptist Center is to choose songs for worship services. When I began my ministry career four decades ago, there was only one source for all those choices - the hymnal. In the 21st century our worship song sources are man y and are readily available. With more choice comes more convenience, but also more complications and challenge.
The same thing is true regarding Bible translations. I like the app Bible Gateway, and with it I can instantly access over 60 versions of God's Word. Exciting! Convenient! Complicated! Growing up, it was the King James Version, and that was the end of the list. Today, I prefer the New International Version. It's based on the oldest and earliest manuscripts, but has a modern, readable feel.
But sometimes I long for the old days when everything was simpler. The Sundays when we would open our hymn books and sing "Holy, Holy, Holy" and "Amazing Grace". And, at the end of the service, the pastor would open his arms and say, "The Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee, and give thee peace".
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
