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BARNABAS is my second published "Sermon Song," based on the sermon "Encouragment" preached by Dr. Paul de Jong at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Myers Florida, on June 25, 2023. As I began taking my sermon notes, I was confused because in the King James, Barnabas, originally the Cypriate Levite Joseph was nicknamed, " The Son of Consolation." In the Revised Standard Version, the Greek nicknamed him , " The Son of of Encouragment." This Apostle is so important to the history of the Church, I feel there ought to be a song dedicated to him. When Saul, later to be called Paul, came to the Aplostles, he would have been rejected, were it not for the intervention of Barnabas. Mark, the Gospel writer, a relative of Barnabas, was rejected by Paul, until much later, perhaps by the encouragement of Barnabas. Barnabas himself was the perfect pal for St. Paul.
I wrote this in the form of a traditional hymn, in the key of B major. I would hope that churches would consider singing this Sermon Song, as a form of worship and Christian education.
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