The Hymn, “Christ Is the World’s Redeemer” – Pr. Will Weedon, 5/30/25 (1502, Encore)

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

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Pr. Will Weedon, Host of The Word of the Lord Endures Forever We Praise You, O God The Word of the Lord Endures Forever Celebrating the Saints Thank, Praise, Serve and Obey See My Savior’s Hands

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0:00.0	Thy strong word. God's word is our great heritage. Almighty Father, bless the word. Hi, this is Pastor Will Whedon inviting
0:07.3	you to join us for our hym sing at the 2025 Issues, etc., Making the Case Conference. This year's theme,
0:14.7	the Word of God. Making the case is Friday, July 18th, and Saturday, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago.
0:22.5	Find out more and register at Issuesetc.org or by calling 618-223-885.
0:31.9	The following is an encore presentation of issues, etc.
0:47.1	Thank you. an encore presentation of issues, etc. We talk about the church militant and the church triumphant.
0:51.5	It is one church, but it is a church that stands on either side of death.
0:56.5	So the church militant stands on this side of death, and the church triumphant stands on the other side of death.
1:02.4	We all await the resurrection, but is the triumph something that we need to wait for?
1:08.9	Is the victory that Christ has won at the cross, something that's
1:11.9	still waiting to happen for us? We want to believe that this is an insured victory. And Christ
1:18.9	says it is because it is solidly based in what has already happened, his death and his resurrection.
1:25.3	So to what extent are we the church militant, also the church victorious?
1:31.3	Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin. We're going to study the hymn. Christ is the
1:35.4	world's redeemer. Pastor Will Whedon joins us. He's assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church
1:40.2	in Hamill, Illinois. He formerly served as director of worship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri
1:44.1	Senate. He's author of the books Celebrating the Saints, Thank, Praise, serve, and
1:48.3	obey, and see my Savior's hands. And he hosts the daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study,
1:53.6	produced by Lutheran Public Radio, called The Word of the Lord Endures Forever. We'll welcome back.
1:59.2	Hey, thank you, Todd. Joy to be with you. This is a very old hymn dating back to the
2:04.7	early 6th century, if I'm not mistaken, somewhere in that neighborhood. Why do we continue to sing,
2:10.4	in this case, really ancient hymns? Well, it is an ancient hymn, but it is a hum that is, it is a wonderful
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