The Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace” has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting ...
“Hymns, songs and poems honoring Jesus, the Holy Spirit and creator God, have been a part of the Christian tradition since bible times,” says Jo Hayes, an etiquette expert and founder ...
Learn about the origins of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel,' 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' and 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.' ...
Music has played a key role in Christian worship since the very beginning. Ephesians 5:19 (KJV) urges Christians to use "Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your ...
The ending of the song refers to the Bible's Romans 8:31 ... the theme of the hymn is the worldwide fellowship of the Christian church and its unceasing offering of prayer and praise to God.
The Bible is also used indirectly through the saying ... Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley) wrote over 7,000 hymns, many of which are still used in churches today.
Five hundred years after Martin Luther and a colleague published their first hymnal, Princeton Theological Seminary Professor ...