ITEMS OF INTEREST February 1, 2010 ISSUE

ITEMS OF INTEREST

"It Is Astonishing," wrote Karl Barth, "how many references there are in the Old and New Testaments to delight, joy, bliss, exultation, merry-making, and rejoicing, and how emphatically these are demanded from the book of Psalms to the Epistle to the Philippians."

Indeed, from "shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth!" (Ps. 100:1) to "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Phil. 4:4)—and dozens of places before and after and in between—we are urged to lead joy-filled lives.

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