A New Favorite

In the last four years of my ministry, there are a few songs that have become "new favorites". More than an indulgent song that's just fun to lead, the one song that seems to resonate well with the people of First Baptist Paducah (and Clarksville) is "In Christ Alone" by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. That's one of the reasons for the name of this web log. Through the fiercest droughts or storms of life, Jesus Christ, the perfect, sinless, son of God is our true source of hope. We live in a world that cries out for it's Maker and is affected by the Fall of man and the resulting consequences of sin. Christ's righteousness is what the very Maker of the universe sees in us who believe and confess His name. May the Gospel encourage you today, as you read the lyrics to this popular modern hymn:

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
‘Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
‘Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand