Wie man hört plant Wilhelm Haslauer in Salzburg eine Koalition mit der FPÖ — wohl ein Vorbote dessen, was uns im Fall einer Doskozil-SPÖ auf Bundesebene bevorsteht.
Man sieht daß, wenn es um Machterhalt geht, Schwarze (bzw Türkise) und Rote ziemlich gleich agieren und nicht den gebührenden Abstand zur ausländerfeindlichen Kickl-Partie halten.
Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend, and their team, as well as Bob Kauflin of Sovereign Grace Music[1], are doing their best to revive hymns in the classical style (Bible-based, theologically deep words in multiple verses, often with contemporary-style tunes), to counteract the dominance of today’s worship by short chorus-like songs, many of which are theologically shallow and experience-based.
As much as I love some of the contemporary songs (and of course, the Scipture in Song choruses of the 1970s still feed my soul), this project really resonates with me.
On this page I will begin to collect some of those hymns; there are currently 11 songs, and more songs will be added as time permits.
Feel free to visit Keith & Kristyn Getty’s YouTube channel, as well as Bob Kauflin’s and Sovereign Grace Music’s channel,
For most of these hymns I provide the words. By clicking on the title below each video you can display or hide the words.[2]
Who has held the oceans in His hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at His voice
All creation rises to rejoice
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King! Nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him!
Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of His words?
Who can teach the One Who knows all things?
Who can fathom all His wondrous deeds?
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King! Nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him!
Who has felt the nails upon His hands
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man?
God eternal humbled to the grave
Jesus, Savior risen now to reign!
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King! Nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him!
Men: You will reign forever
Women: Let Your glory fill the earth
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King! Nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him!
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Behold Our God (Live from Sing! 2022)
Keith & Kristyn Getty, Bob Kauflin, Jordan Kauflin, Sovereign Grace Music
Stream the album: https://va.lnk.to/singchristourhope
Words and Music by Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird and Stephen Altrogge
©2011 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP) / Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI) / adm by Integrity Music
Facing a task unfinished
That drives us to our knees
A need that undiminished
Rebukes our slothful ease
We, who rejoice to know Thee
Renew before Thy throne
The solemn pledge we owe Thee
To go and make Thee known
Where other Lords beside Thee
Hold their unhindered sway
Where forces that defied Thee
Defy Thee still today
With none to heed their crying
For life and love and light
Unnumbered souls are dying
And pass into the night
We go to all the world
With kingdom hope unfurled
No other name has power to save
But Jesus Christ The Lord
We bear the torch that flaming
Fell from the hands of those
Who gave their lives proclaiming
That Jesus died and rose
Ours is the same commission
The same glad message ours
Fired by the same ambition
To Thee we yield our powers
We go to all the world
With kingdom hope unfurled
No other name has power to save
But Jesus Christ The Lord
O Father who sustained them
O Spirit who inspired
Saviour, whose love constrained them
To toil with zeal untired
From cowardice defend us
From lethargy awake!
Forth on Thine errands send us
To labour for Thy sake
We go to all the world
With kingdom hope unfurled
No other name has power to save
But Jesus Christ The Lord
We go to all the world
His kingdom hope unfurled
No other name has power to save
But Jesus Christ The Lord
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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Fionan Debarra / Keith Getty / Edmond Martin Cash / Kristyn Getty
Facing A Task Unfinished lyrics © Capitol Cmg Paragon
For the cause of Christ the King
We give our lives, an offering
'Til all the earth resounds
With ceaseless praise
To the Son
For the cause of Christ we go
With joy to reap, with faith to sow
As many see
And many put their trust in the Son
Christ we proclaim
The Name above every name
For all creation
Every nation
God's salvation
Through the Son!
For the King once lifted high
To cries of rage, of crucify!
Endured the cross
As every sin was laid
On the Son
To the King who conquered death
To free the poor and the oppressed
For lasting peace
For life and liberty
In the Son
Christ we proclaim
The Name above every name
For all creation
Every nation
God's salvation
Through the Son!
Let it be my life's refrain
To live is Christ, to die is gain
Deny myself, take up my cross
And follow the Son
Let it be my life's refrain
To live is Christ, to die is gain
Deny myself, take up my cross
And follow the Son
Christ we proclaim
The Name above every name
For all creation
Every nation
God's salvation
Through the Son!
Christ we proclaim
The Name above every name
For all creation
Every nation
God's salvation
Through the Son!
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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Keith Getty / Stuart Townend / Kristyn Getty
VERSE 1
What love could remember no wrongs we have done;
Omniscient, all-knowing, He counts not their sum.
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore;
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
CHORUS
Praise the Lord!
His mercy is more.
Stronger than darkness; new every morn;
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
VERSE 2
What patience would wait as we constantly roam;
What Father, so tender, is calling us home.
He welcomes, the weakest, the vilest, the poor;
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
VERSE 3
What riches of kindness He lavished on us;
His blood was the payment, His life was the cost.
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford;
Our sins, they are many, His mercy is more.
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"His Mercy is More" Live from the Sing! 2021 Conference - Keith & Kristyn Getty, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, ft. Shane & Shane
Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
© 2016 Getty Music Hymns and Songs (ASCAP), Love Your Enemies Publishing (ASCAP), Getty Music Publishing (BMI), and Messenger Hymns (BMI) (all adm. by MusicService.org)
Do you feel the world is broken? We do
Do you feel the shadows deepen? We do
But do you know that all the dark won’t stop the light from getting through? We do
Do you wish that you could see it all made new? We do
Is all creation groaning? It is
Is a new creation coming? It is
Is the glory of the Lord to be the light within our midst? It is
Is it good that we remind ourselves of this? It is
CHORUS
Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole?
Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll?
The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave
He is David’s Root and the Lamb who died to ransom the slave
Is He worthy? Is He worthy?
Of all blessing and honor and glory?
Is He worthy of this? He is
Does the Father truly love us? He does
Does the Spirit move among us? He does
And does Jesus our Messiah hold forever those He loves? He does
Does our God intend to dwell again with us? He does
CHORUS
Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole?
Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll?
The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave
He is David’s Root and the Lamb who died to ransom the slave
From ev’ry people and tribe
Ev’ry nation and tongue
He has made us a kingdom and priests to God to reign with the Son
Is He worthy? Is He worthy?
Of all blessing and honor and glory?
Is He worthy? Is He worthy?
Is He worthy of this? He is
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"Is He Worthy" led by Andrew Peterson
Recorded LIVE at the Sing! Conference 2019
Words and Music by Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive
© ©2018 Capitol CMG Genesis (ASCAP) / Vamos Publishing (ASCAP) / Adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com / Jakedog Music (ASCAP) (adm. by MusicServices.org) / Junkbox Music (ASCAP)
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these Living Waters
Time unbroken
Peace unspoken
Rest beside these Living Waters
Christ is calling
Find refreshing
At the cross of Living Waters
Lay your life down
On Thee, all come
Rise up in these Living Waters
There's a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
Spirit moving
Mercy washing
Healing in these living waters
Lead your children to the shore line
Life is in these Living Waters
There's a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these Living Waters
Love, forgiveness
Vast and boundless
Christ, He is our Living Water
There's a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Edmond Martin Cash / Kristyn Getty
Living Waters lyrics © Capitol Cmg Paragon
You have called us out of darkest night
Into Your glorious light
That we may sing the wonders of
The risen Christ
May our every breath retell the grace
That broke into our strife
With boundless love and deepest joy
With endless life
May the peoples praise You
Let the nations be glad
All Your blessing comes
That we may praise
May praise the Name of Jesus
All the earth is Yours and all within
Each harvest is Your own
And from Your hand we give to You
To make Christ known
May the seeds of mercy grow in us
For those who have not heard
May songs of praise build lives of grace
To spread Your Word
May the peoples praise You
Let the nations be glad
All Your blessing comes
That we may praise
May praise the Name of Jesus
This our holy privilege to declare
Your praises and Your name
To every nation, tribe and tongue
Your church proclaims
May the peoples praise You
Let the nations be glad
All Your blessing comes
That we may praise
May praise the Name of Jesus
Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
Worthy, worthy is the Lamb Who was slain
Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
All creation praise Your glorious Name
May the peoples praise You
Let the nations be glad
All Your blessing comes
That we may praise
May praise the Name of Jesus
May the peoples praise You
Let the nations be glad
All Your blessing comes
That we may praise
May praise the Name of Jesus
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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Keith Getty / Edmond Martin Cash / Stuart Townend / Kristyn Getty / David Zimmer
May The Peoples Praise You lyrics © Capitol Cmg Paragon
Lyrics
My worth is not in what I own
Not in the strength of flesh and bone
But in the costly wounds of love
At the cross
My worth is not in skill or name
In win or lose, in pride or shame
But in the blood of Christ that flowed
At the cross
Refrain:
I rejoice in my Redeemer
Greatest Treasure,
Wellspring of my soul
I will trust in Him, no other.
My soul is satisfied in Him alone.
As summer flowers we fade and die
Fame, youth and beauty hurry by
But life eternal calls to us
At the cross
I will not boast in wealth or might
Or human wisdom’s fleeting light
But I will boast in knowing Christ
At the cross
Refrain
Two wonders here that I confess
My worth and my unworthiness
My value fixed – my ransom paid
At the cross
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"My Worth Is Not in What I Own" led by Fernando Ortega & Kristyn Getty
Recorded LIVE at the Bridgestone Arena for the Sing! Conference 2019
Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Graham Kendrick
© 2014 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Makeway Music (Admin by Musicservices.org)
Who else commands all the hosts of heaven
Who else could make every king bow down
Who else can whisper and darkness trembles
Only a Holy God
What other beauty demands such praises
What other splendor outshines the sun
What other majesty rules with justice
Only a Holy God
Come and behold Him
The One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
What other glory consumes like fire
What other power can raise the dead
What other name remains undefeated
Only a Holy God
Come and behold Him
The One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Who else could rescue me from my failing
Who else would offer His only Son
Who else invites me to call Him Father
Only a Holy God
Only my Holy God
Come and behold Him
The One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Come and behold Him
The One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Come and behold Him
The One and the Only
Cry out, sing holy
Forever a Holy God
Come and worship the Holy God
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
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"Only a Holy God / Holy, Holy, Holy" Live from the Sing! Conference 2022
Keith & Kristyn Getty, CityAlight
From the "Sing! Christ Our Hope in Life and Death - Live at the Getty Music Worship Conference" album
Stream the album: https://va.lnk.to/singchristourhope
“Only A Holy God” - Words and Music by Michael Farren, Jonny Robinson, Dustin Smith and Rich Thompson; “Holy, Holy, Holy” - Traditional
©2016 Integrity's Praise! Music (BMI) / Integrity's Alleluia! Music (SESAC) / Farren Love And War (SESAC), CityAlight Music (APRA) / adm at IntegratedRights.com
The grace of God has reached for me
And pulled me from the raging sea
And I am safe on the solid ground
The Lord is my salvation
I will not fear when darkness falls
His strength will help me scale these walls
I'll see the dawn of the rising sun
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in love
My debt is paid, and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
My hope is hidden in the Lord
He flowers each promise of His word
When winter fades, I know spring will come
The Lord is my salvation
Who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in love
My debt is paid, and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
Glory be to God, the Father
Glory be to God, the Son
Glory be to God, the Spirit
The Lord is our Salvation
Glory be to God, the Father
Glory be to God, the Son
Glory be to God, the Spirit
The Lord is our Salvation
Oh, who is like the Lord our God?
Strong to save faithful in love
My debt is paid, and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
who is like the Lord our God
(Strong to save) strong to save faithful in love
My debt is paid, and the victory won
The Lord is my salvation
The Lord is my salvation
The Lord is my salvation
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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Nathan Nockels / Jonas Myrin / Keith Getty / Kristyn Getty
The Lord Is My Salvation lyrics © Sony/atv Tree Publishing, Tomdouglasmusic, Capitol Cmg Paragon, Son Of The Lion
Verse 1
What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom
My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace
Refrain 1
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to his
Oh how strange and divine, I can sing: all is mine!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
Verse2
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side, the Saviour He will stay
I labour on in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need, His power is displayed
Refrain 2
To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me
Through the deepest valley He will lead
Oh the night has been won, and I shall overcome!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
Verse 3
No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven
The future sure, the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon
And He was raised to overthrow the grave
Refrain 3
To this I hold, my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh the chains are released, I can sing: I am free!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
Verse 4
With every breath I long to follow Jesus
For He has said that He will bring me home
And day by day I know He will renew me
Until I stand with joy before the throne
Refrain 4
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to Him
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Tag
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
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"Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me" recorded live at St Paul's Castle Hill.
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2T15n2J
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2PRW8mL
Words and music by Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson & Michael Farren
©2018 CityAlight Music
Doskozil in der gestrigen ZIB2 auf die Frage, ob er Andreas Babler unterstützen würde, sollte dieser zum Vorsitzenden gewählt werden:
„Natürlich. Das Wichtigste ist jetzt, das Parteiwohl in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen, und nicht die Personen.“
Na ja, Herr Landeshauptmann, wenn Ihnen diese Erkenntnis bereits in den letzten Jahren gekommen wäre und sie Pamela Rendi Wagner unterstützt hätten, statt ständig querzuschießen, dann stünde die Partrei heute anders da …
Der evangelische Pfarrer im Ruhestand Detlef Korsen singt deutsche Kirchenlieder und begleitet sich dabei selbst auf seiner Gitarre.
Hier werde ich nach und nach diejenigen seiner Videos präsentieren, die mir besonders gut gefallen.
Auf seinem YouTube-Kanal gibt’s noch viel mehr von der Sorte, ebenso wöchentliche Andachten und Sonntagsgottesdienste.
1) Dass Jesus siegt, bleibt ewig ausgemacht,
sein wird die ganze Welt.
Denn alles ist nach seines Todes Nacht
in seine Hand gestellt.
Nachdem am Kreuz er ausgerungen,
hat er zum Thron sich aufgeschwungen.
Ja, Jesus siegt, ja, Jesus siegt!
2) Ja, Jesus siegt, sei's, dass die Finsternis
im Trotzen wütend schnaubt;
sei's, dass sie wähnt, mit ihrem gift'gen Biss
hätt Ihm sie viel geraubt.
Die Seinen lässt in Not und Grämen
sich unser Held doch niemals nehmen.
Ja, Jesus siegt, ja, Jesus siegt!
3) Ja, Jesus siegt, obschon das Volk des Herrn
noch hart darniederliegt.
Wenn Satans Pfeil ihm auch von nah und fern
mit List entgegenfliegt,
löscht Jesu Arm die Feuerbrände;
das Feld behält der Herr am Ende.
Ja, Jesus siegt, ja, Jesus siegt!
4) Ja, Jesus siegt! Seufzt eine große Schar
noch unter Satans Joch,
die sehnend harrt auf das Erlösungsjahr,
das zögert immer noch,
so wird zuletzt aus allen Ketten
der Herr die Kreatur erretten.
Ja, Jesus siegt, ja, Jesus siegt!
5) Ja, Jesus siegt! Wir glauben es gewiss,
und glaubend kämpfen wir.
Wie du uns führst durch alle Finsternis,
wir folgen, Jesu, dir.
Denn alles muss vor dir sich beugen,
bis auch der letzte Feind wird schweigen.
Ja, Jesus siegt, ja, Jesus siegt!
1. Zween der Jünger gehn mit Sehnen
Ihre Augen sind voll Thränen,
Ihre Seele voll Verdruß,
Man hört ihre Klageworte;
Doch es ist von ihrem Orte
Unser Jesus gar nicht weit
Und vertreibt die Traurigkeit.
2. Ach es gehn noch manche Herzen
Ihrem stillen Kummer nach,
Sie bejammern ihre Schmerzen,
Ihre Not und Ungemach.
Manches wandert gar alleine,
Daß es nur zur Gnüge weine,
Doch mein Jesus ist dabei,
Fragt, was man so traurig sei.
3. Jesus ist mir nachgegangen,
Wenn ich meiner Eitelkeit
Und der Sünde nachgehangen;
O der unglückselgen Zeit,
Die man dergestalt verloren!
Doch er hat mich neu geboren,
Jesus hat an mich gedacht
Und das Schäflein wieder bracht.
3. Hat sich eine Not gefunden,
So ließ er mich nicht allein,
Jesus stellt zur rechten Stunden
Sich mit seinem Beistand ein.
Wenn ich mich bei ihm beschwere,
Gleich als ob er ferne wäre,
O so ist er mehr als nah
Und mit seiner Hilfe da.
4. Treuster Freund von allen Freunden,
Bleibe ferner noch bei mir.
Kommt die Welt, mich anzufeinden,
Ach so sei du auch allhier.
Will der Teufel auf mich blitzen,
Wollst du trösten und beschützen.
Komm, in meinem Geist zu ruhn;
Was du willst, das will ich thun.
5. Bin ich traurig und betrübet,
So gieb nur in meinem Sinn,
Daß mich deine Seele liebet,
Und daß ich der Deine bin.
Laß dein Wort mich feste gründen,
Laß es auch mein Herz entzünden,
Daß es voller Liebe brennt
Und dich immer besser kennt.
6. Tröst auch andre fromme Seelen,
Wenn sie tief in Kummer stehn.
Wenn sie in verborgnen Höhlen,
Kammern, Feld und Wäldern gehn,
Ihrem Kummer nachzusinne,
Daß sie satt sich weinen können,
So sprich ihrer Seele zu:
Liebes Kind, was trauerst du?
7. Kannst du bei der Welt nicht weilen,
Ach so nimm mich auch mit dir,
Laß mich deine Freuden teilen,
Sei und bleibe stets bei mir;
Bleibe doch in unsrer Mitten,
Wie dich deine Kinder bitten.
Dank sei dir, o lieber Gast,
Daß du mich getröstet hast.
Imagine a human life born into the world the way we all are born into the world, coated in serum and blood, vulnerable to all that brings us harm, lain on a mother’s breast.
Imagine a human life born, like most humans, into a poor family with parents who sweat for their daily bread, a human life threatened from the start by homicidal mania.
Imagine a human life lived as a child in exile, in a land where they are strangers, where a different language is spoken, absent a community of trust and care.
Imagine that when Jesus comes home as a young boy to the village of his parents, people stare at him, and whisper “bastard.” Schoolboys taunt him, ask him if Mary knows his real father.
Imagine a mother with arms that console, with a voice that teaches him to love the Scriptures and to pray the Psalms. Imagine a human life that begins to see itself in the words read and the words prayed; imagine that the Word is so inscribed on this human’s body and mind and heart that the greatest teachers of his day hear in his voice the Wisdom that inspires the prophets, that gives harmony to the psalter.
Imagine a human life that gradually becomes aware that its life is somehow identical with the life that makes suns and galaxies, orchids and sequoias, eagles and panthers, that gives breath to all that flies and swims and crawls, a human that is One with the architect of atoms and cells, the kindler of stars, the molder of mountains.
The other humans, including his mom and stepdad are not quite sure what to make of his bewildering humility. He is always putting others first, always waiting on them and everyone in the smallest of ways without caring if anyone notices the kindness or him. At times they feel as though perhaps they ought to bow in reverence because his words and acts are so full of life and hope and healing.
Imagine a human life lived for decades in obscurity, where at the end of most days, muscles tired and achy, he shakes sawdust from his hair and rinses grime from his arms, and sets a table for the widowed vulnerable Virgin who brought him into the world, who taught him so much, and now has him alone to protect and provide for her.
Then one day this woman asks him to do for others what he has on occasion done for her—to make wine where there is no wine. And then there is a baptism, and a sojourn in the wilderness, and a transfiguration. The blind see, the lame walk, and the dead live again because his spit and voice and breath are not only human but divine.
Imagine a human that does not seek equality with God but is among all humans as servant. Imagine a human life that refuses the sword and tells us to love our enemies. Imagine a life that does human things divinely and divine things humanly.
Imagine that living this kind of human life leads the church of his time and the rulers of his moment to plot against him and to snuff out his way of becoming human, to shame anyone in the future from even trying to be human as God is human.
Imagine a human that forgives our entire species even as we reject and despise and murder God.
Imagine that when this human dies from our violence he does not stay dead but that in death and beyond it he stays human. He so rearranges the structures of death that they are now instead a portal to the life of God for everyone who dies with him.
Imagine a human life that journeys to hell with the dead and preaches as a dead man to those bound in chains; that as he speaks the fetters that held them there are broken by love.
Imagine that the human life I’ve just described in all the ways I have described it appears embodied again after death, freed from death, liberated from any threat that can limit his promises to us and to the world.
Now, imagine that this is the sort of human life that ascends to the right hand of God. Imagine that what it means to live this sort of human life and to die this sort of human death is to ascend—to become forever the measure of what it means to be God and what it means to be human, for this Son who is given to us descends to become human and ascends to remain human.
And despite all appearances to the contrary his way of being human, his way of humility, is now the way things are with the world, and now death has no power over his ascended life or ours.
His humility causes our humanity to ascend with him so that right now what is truest about you and me is that our lives are hidden with Christ in God, that we are seated in Christ next to the Father; that we are in him there, and that he is in us here, and that with him we are One with the Father by the Spirit.
This is but one facet of the great mystery of Ascension, that complex, neglected, beautiful, and consequential reality that Christians trust and that we celebrate today.
Have patience. In time, God is kind with us and will help us know this reality and to live this reality, right now and forever.
Image: The Ascension of Christ, Salvador Dali, 1958
I’m very impressed with the progress Google Translate has made.
A few years ago I was asked to translate a book from German to English and as an experiment and in the hope that this would save me at least some of the tedious (and boring) backbreaking work, I sent the text through Google Translate . The result was unusable; the necessary post-editing would have taken more time and effort than a complete re-translation. Since then, I’ve only used the service to create short Facebook posts or comments, or emails, in French or Dutch, which I then edit; I find it harder to write in both languages than to speak, but due to extensive reading I have a good feel for the languages and can edit the translations a bit.
Yesterday I wanted to translate an article about the Ascension of Christ, and because I am currently bedridden, I am somewhat restricted in terms of typing on a keyboard, so I sent the article through Google Translate .
To my astonishment, the result was vastly better than my experience of a few years ago. While there were a few glitches (snippets of text that had gone missing, a few bits that were gibberish for one reason or another), overall the text was quite readable. Most of the post-processing involved formatting.
This raises a similar question for me as using the ChatGPT AI engine . Most of the time ChatGPT answers questions correctly and in such elegant German and English that one can use them almost without editing; would it then be ethical to pass off such an answer as my own? In the end I decided to either attribute the answer to ChatGPT , or (if I’ve significantly edited or added to it) to call it a result of my collaboration with ChatGPT .
The more Google Translate (or other similar services) improves, the less post-processing is needed, the more problematic it becomes to pass off such a translation as my own. Again, indicating support from the translation service seems to be the ethical solution.
Next, I will try other translation services, such as Bing Translator from Microsoft or Deepl Translate , as well as ChatGPT for shorter texts (which currently has an output limit of 2048 characters per answer, even for paying subscribers).
