[Magdalen] In Christ Alone

[Scott Knitter]

It's not that there's no wrath in God; it's that the mercy is
exponentially more and takes precedence, and ultimately is more what
God is about than wrath.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 5:15 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
<oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking how horrid the words were, happy to see I'm not alone.  A
> wrathful God is heresy. To say nothing of a deity out of control. I don't
> really think that's what is going on, although, who knows, I could turn out
> to be wrong, and God is not much different from Osama bin Laden. I don't
> think so, but I seem to be a minority these days. That certainly is the
> driving force behind a lot of the stuff which passes for theology in our
> political scene.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>
>> Love the tune. Have the same problem as Simon does with the words.
>> Substitutionary atonement is the big problem of contemporary hymnody.  I
>> find a lot of hymns unsingable because the theology sucks.
>>
>> Molly
>>
>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>
>> > On May 8, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In a message dated 5/8/2017 10:40:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>> >
>> > What  think ye  all?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > It's nice to encounter a hymn in this contemporary style that  has
>> > a nice, Christocentric text.
>> >
>> > I like the barbershop quartet version better than the female
>> > singer with all the accompaniment.
>> >
>> > I wonder how a non-professional congregation would do with
>> > this hymn?
>> >
>> > And I must confess the hymn (really anything!) suffers in contrast to
>> what
>> > is surely one of the greatest motets of the past century, the Morten
>> > Lauridsen
>> > "O Magnum Mysterium."  Here it is sung by the Winchester
>> > Cathedral Choir in their stalls in the great choir (architectural) of
>> > the Church.
>> >
>> > Thanks for this!
>> >
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>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiiF83q7G0
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>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIDNnZ9pMk
>> >
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>> >
>> > David S.
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-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA