{"id":1630,"date":"2019-10-21T06:22:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2020-11-18T21:54:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T02:54:09","slug":"songs-and-gods-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/songs-and-gods-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and God&#8217;s Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" data-attachment-id=\"1631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/songs-and-gods-creation\/creationhymn03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/creationhymn03.jpg?fit=720%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"creationhymn03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/creationhymn03.jpg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/creationhymn03.jpg?fit=640%2C462&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/creationhymn03.jpg?resize=640%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Open Bible and hymn near an ocean at sunset\" class=\"wp-image-1631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/creationhymn03.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/creationhymn03.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first of what I hope to be many posts exploring the connection between music for worship and the study of theology. Below is a list of psalm settings, hymns, and spiritual songs that teach on the doctrine of creation: natural revelation. The songs are arranged under 16 theological statements, including 5 statements for which I have not yet found related songs. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have additional suggestions for songs related to the doctrine of creation that should be included in the index, please comment or send me a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: The songs are listed below by title and author. For more complete entries (including tunes and hymnal page numbers) see the page for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/tas-creation.html\">Songs and God\u2019s Creation<\/a>\u201d in <em>Theology and Song: A Theological Index of Music for Worship<\/em> online. I will be updating <a href=\"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/theologyandsong.html\">the online Index<\/a> with more songs and topics in the days ahead as I receive recommendations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Songs and God\u2019s Creation: Natural Revelation&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Creation affirms that there is a Creator\u2014God created heaven and earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All Things Bright and Beautiful<\/strong> (Cecil F Alexander)<\/li><li><strong>Before Jehovah\u2019s Awful Throne\u2014<\/strong>Psalm 100 (Isaac Watts \/ John Wesley)<\/li><li><strong>God, the Lord, a King Remaineth<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 93 (John Keble)<\/li><li><strong>Great Is Thy Faithfulness<\/strong> (Thomas Obediah Chisholm)<\/li><li><strong>Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 146 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>Hast Thou Not Known, Hast Thou Not Heard<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>I Sing the Mighty Power of God<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>Let All Things Now Living<\/strong> (Katherine Davis \u2022 Welsh melody)<\/li><li><strong>The Spacious Firmament on High<\/strong> (Joseph Addison)<\/li><li><strong>This Is My Father\u2019s World<\/strong> (Maltbie Babcock)<\/li><li><strong>Vast the Immensity, Mirror of Majesty<\/strong> (Edmund Clowney)<\/li><li><strong>With Glory Clad, With Strength Arrayed<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 93 (<em>Tate and Brady\u2019s New Version<\/em>)<\/li><li><strong>Wondrous King, All-Glorious<\/strong> (Joachim Neander \/ William Schaefer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Creation glorifies God\u2014all things exist for His glory and praise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All Creatures of Our God and King<\/strong> (St. Francis of Assisi \/ William H Draper)<\/li><li><strong>All Glory to You<\/strong> (Steve and Vikki Cook) \u2022 <em>Sovereign Grace Music<\/em><\/li><li><strong>All People That on Earth Do Dwell\u2014<\/strong>Psalm 100 (William Kethe \/ Thomas Ken)<\/li><li><strong>All that I Am I Owe to Thee<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 134:14\u201324 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>Before Jehovah\u2019s Awful Throne\u2014<\/strong>Psalm 100 (Isaac Watts \/ John Wesley)<\/li><li><strong>Behold Our God<\/strong> (Ryan, Jonathan &amp; Meghan Baird \/ Stephen Altrogge) \u2022 <em>Sovereign Grace Music<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 135 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>For the Beauty of the Earth<\/strong> (Folliott Sandford Pierpoint)<\/li><li><strong>From All That Dwell Below the Skies<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 117 (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>God, the Lord, a King Remaineth<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 93 (John Keble)<\/li><li><strong>Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 146 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>I Sing the Mighty Power of God<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>Let All Things Now Living<\/strong> (Katherine Davis \u2022 Welsh melody)<\/li><li><strong>Of the Father\u2019s Love Begotten<\/strong> (Prudentius \/ J. Neale \/ H. Baker)<\/li><li><strong>Praise to the Lord, the Almighty<\/strong> (Joachim Neander \/ Catherine Winkworth)<\/li><li><strong>Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above<\/strong> (Jonann Sch\u00fctz \/ Francis Cox)<\/li><li><strong>The Spacious Firmament on High<\/strong> (Joseph Addison)<\/li><li><strong>This Is My Father\u2019s World<\/strong> (Maltbie Babcock)<\/li><li><strong>With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 147 (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>Wondrous King, All-Glorious<\/strong> (Joachim Neander \/ William Schaefer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Creation testifies of God\u2019s wisdom and design<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All that I Am I Owe to Thee<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 134:14\u201324 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>Hast Thou Not Known, Hast Thou Not Heard<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>Praise to the Lord, the Almighty<\/strong> (Joachim Neander \/ Catherine Winkworth)<\/li><li><strong>Vast the Immensity, Mirror of Majesty<\/strong> (Edmund Clowney)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>4. The testimony of creation is insufficient for knowing the way of salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vast the Immensity, Mirror of Majesty<\/strong> (Edmund Clowney)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>5. The testimony of creation leaves man inexcusable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>6. God delights in creation\u2014all things were made for His pleasure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All Glory to You<\/strong> (Steve and Vikki Cook) \u2022 <em>Sovereign Grace Music<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Vast the Immensity, Mirror of Majesty<\/strong> (Edmund Clowney)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>7. God made all of creation and pronounced it good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>I Sing the Mighty Power of God<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>8. The world was spoken into existence by God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>I Sing the Mighty Power of God<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>Of the Father\u2019s Love Begotten<\/strong> (Prudentius \/ J. Neale \/ H. Baker)<\/li><li><strong>Vast the Immensity, Mirror of Majesty<\/strong> (Edmund Clowney)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>9. The world was created by God <em>ex nihilio <\/em>(out of nothing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>10. The world continues to be upheld and sustained by God<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All Things Bright and Beautiful<\/strong> (Cecil F Alexander)<\/li><li><strong>Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 135 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>Forever Settled in the Heavens<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 119:89\u201397 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>Great Is Thy Faithfulness<\/strong> (Thomas Obediah Chisholm)<\/li><li><strong>Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 146 (<em>The Psalter<\/em>, 1912)<\/li><li><strong>Hast Thou Not Known, Hast Thou Not Heard<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>I Sing the Mighty Power of God<\/strong> (Isaac Watts)<\/li><li><strong>Let All Things Now Living<\/strong> (Katherine Davis \u2022 Welsh melody)<\/li><li><strong>Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above<\/strong> (Jonann Sch\u00fctz \/ Francis Cox)<\/li><li><strong>With Glory Clad, With Strength Arrayed<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 93 (<em>Tate and Brady\u2019s New Version<\/em>)<\/li><li><strong>With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud<\/strong>\u2014Psalm 147 (Isaac Watts)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11. God creates all people\u2014He is the One who gives and sustains all life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All People That on Earth Do Dwell\u2014<\/strong>Psalm 100 (William Kethe \/ Thomas Ken)<\/li><li><strong>Let All Things Now Living<\/strong> (Katherine Davis \u2022 Welsh melody)<\/li><li><strong>Praise to the Lord, the Almighty<\/strong> (Joachim Neander \/ Catherine Winkworth)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>12. God created man (male and female) out of the dust of the earth&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Before Jehovah\u2019s Awful Throne\u2014<\/strong>Psalm 100 (Isaac Watts \/ John Wesley)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>13. Man was breathed into a living being by God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>14. God made man (male and female) in His own image<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>15. God gave man dominion over all other living things on the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>16. God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Today We Gather in This Place<\/strong> (Ken Puls) \u2022 <em>Ken Puls Music<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>_______________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next post in the series will be &#8220;Songs and God\u2019s Word: Special Revelation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more complete entries (including tunes and hymnal page numbers) see the Theological Index of Music and Worship online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/tas-creation.html\">Entry for \u201cSongs and God\u2019s Creation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/theologyandsong.html\">TOC for Index: Theology and Song<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first of what I hope to be many posts exploring the connection between music for worship and the study of theology. Below is a list of psalm settings, hymns, and spiritual songs that teach on the doctrine of creation: natural revelation. The songs are arranged under 16 theological statements, including 5 statements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,22,49,53,245,31],"tags":[50,246,24,247,244,101],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hymn","category-music-for-worship","category-psalm","category-worship","category-worship-music-index","category-worship-song","tag-church-music","tag-creation","tag-praise","tag-revelation","tag-theology","tag-worship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lLgO-qi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1630"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1808,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions\/1808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}