"Built on the Rock the Church doth Stand"
by Nicolai F.S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872
Translated by Carl Doving, 1867-1937
Tune - Kirken den er et" is linked here
1. Built on the Rock the Church doth stand,
Even when steeples are falling;
Crumbled have spires in every land,
Bells still are chiming and calling,
Calling the young and old to rest,
But above all the soul distrest,
Longing for rest everlasting.
2. Surely in temples made with hands,
God, the Most High, is not dwelling;
High above earth His temple stands,
All earthly temples excelling.
Yet He whom heavens cannot contain
Chose to abide on earth with men,
Built in our bodies His temple.
3. We are God's house of living stones,
Builded for His habitation;
He through baptismal grace us owns
Heirs of His wondrous salvation.
Were we but two His name to tell,
Yet He would deign with us to dwell,
With all His grace and His favor.
4. Now we may gather with our King
E'en in the lowliest dwelling;
Praises to Him we there may bring,
His wondrous mercy forthtelling.
Jesus His grace to us accords;
Spirit and life are all His words;
His truth doth hallow the temple.
5. Still we our earthly temples rear
That we may herald His praises;
They are the homes where He draws near
And little children embraces.
Beautiful things in them are said;
God there with us His covenant made,
Making us heirs of His kingdom.
6. Here stands the font before our eyes
Telling how God did receive us;
The altar recalls Christ's sacrifice
And what His table doth give us;
Here sounds the Word that doth proclaim
Christ yesterday, today, the same,
Yea, and for aye our Redeemer.
7. Grant then, O God, where'er men roam,
That, when the church-bells are ringing,
Many in saving faith may come
Where Christ His message is bringing:
"I know Mine own, Mine own know Me;
Ye, not the world, My face shall see.
My peace I leave with you." Amen.
Hymn #467
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Eph. 2: 19-22
Author: Nicolai F.S. Grundtvig, 1837
Translated by: Carl Doving, 1909, alt.
1. Built on the Rock the Church doth stand,
Even when steeples are falling;
Crumbled have spires in every land,
Bells still are chiming and calling,
Calling the young and old to rest,
But above all the soul distrest,
Longing for rest everlasting.
2. Surely in temples made with hands,
God, the Most High, is not dwelling;
High above earth His temple stands,
All earthly temples excelling.
Yet He whom heavens cannot contain
Chose to abide on earth with men,
Built in our bodies His temple.
3. We are God's house of living stones,
Builded for His habitation;
He through baptismal grace us owns
Heirs of His wondrous salvation.
Were we but two His name to tell,
Yet He would deign with us to dwell,
With all His grace and His favor.
4. Now we may gather with our King
E'en in the lowliest dwelling;
Praises to Him we there may bring,
His wondrous mercy forthtelling.
Jesus His grace to us accords;
Spirit and life are all His words;
His truth doth hallow the temple.
5. Still we our earthly temples rear
That we may herald His praises;
They are the homes where He draws near
And little children embraces.
Beautiful things in them are said;
God there with us His covenant made,
Making us heirs of His kingdom.
6. Here stands the font before our eyes
Telling how God did receive us;
The altar recalls Christ's sacrifice
And what His table doth give us;
Here sounds the Word that doth proclaim
Christ yesterday, today, the same,
Yea, and for aye our Redeemer.
7. Grant then, O God, where'er men roam,
That, when the church-bells are ringing,
Many in saving faith may come
Where Christ His message is bringing:
"I know Mine own, Mine own know Me;
Ye, not the world, My face shall see.
My peace I leave with you." Amen.
Hymn #467
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Eph. 2: 19-22
Author: Nicolai F.S. Grundtvig, 1837
Translated by: Carl Doving, 1909, alt.
All About the Savior
Where do we find the key revelation in the entire Bible - a summary, a portrait, an anchor, or simply - bedrock? The famous Jesus v. Peter is brushed aside, as if the climax has Jesus building on the first Pope, for "On this Rock I will build My Church."
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter (a rock), and upon this Rock (bedrock) I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The Church of Rome gets this verse completely twisted, and today no seminarian or pastor will stop and study this in Greek, no matter which denomination, because so few take the time to clarify this tiny little verse in the original.
I am willing to bet that all the denominations openly or furtively align themselves with the papacy, even if only through the Almy catalogue. LCMS and WELS pastors used to adorn themselves with grim, black Calvinist robes - adorned with colorful stoles in the latter days. More each year are going full papacy with the best of costumes and smoke pots.
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| His Eminence, Bishop Jim Heiser (fish hat) gave Ichabod readers a sample of the high church, Rome-centric pastors from Ft. Wayne and the Other One. Wayners resist saying "St. Louis" because of their imaginary superior status. Sadly, these photos are no longer being published, since they lack gravitas and sanctimony. |
Bedrock
Modernists cannot abide the thought of Jesus being divine, so they are very cozy with the Church of Rome, where the Savior is downplayed to emphasize the holiness of the Pope and His underlings (Let him that readeth understand, Matthew 24:15). Note that the papal wannabees go along with gazillion holy days, prayers, and honors for every dead person except the Savior, the only one who rose from death.
The modernists make the Word of God devoid of anything except their own material desires. ELCA - in one small corner of their world - Explores Lutheran Values - with an emphasis on abortion. They glory in their shame. And yet, from the anxious bleating of the sheep who happen to be wolves, the Faithless Walther Four - LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) follow ELCA and even get ahead of the apostasy.
The Singular in the Trinity
The Savior Jesus is the keystone, so believers know that the Bible begins and ends with the Son of God, from the Creating Word in Genesis 1 and John 1 to the ending of Revelation.
Everyone should be furious that colleges, seminaries, and denominational drones are intent on replacing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with second-rate sales gimmicks, still being borrowed from Peter Drucker and the gang at Fuller Seminary and other bandit hide-outs.
Even worse, they have kidnapped the Bible business to keep it in harmony with the frauds from the Church of Rome, Tischendorf, the American Bible Society, and the even worse United Bible Society.
The Faithless Walther Four - LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) are eager to make money from selling bad, expensive, conflicted Bibles. All their changes are against the divinity of Christ and faith in Him.
I ran across a so-called Lutheran blog, now deceased, that complained about the Walther Four denying the use of the New KJV. The so-called best of the alternatives (like gourmet vomit) happily engages in changing the main text and also in providing apostate readings in the footnotes.
Scholars are divided. Isaiah 7:14. It was either the Virgin Birth or not.
Scholars are divided. Mark 1:1. He was the Son of God or not.
The establishment of alternatives argues that the New Testament is not reliable - and Scriptural doctrine is whimsical.
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| Jesuit training pays off, and the Walther Four have at least 8 Jesuit PhDs. |
