Cross
by Vince Wright | April 7, 2023 | 11:59 am

Avis B. Christiansen – Blessed Redeemer

Good Friday is when followers of Jesus remember the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made to pay the penalty for our lawbreaking.  It is a somber time of reflection and prayer. Neal Cruco proposed that

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Home
by Vince Wright | March 26, 2023 | 9:00 am

Marsha J Johansen – Going Home

Marsha J Johansen is a layman who found some issues with the song.  She disagreed theologically with some of the lyrics to William Arms Fisher’s song Going Home and took a stab at fixing

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Hay
by Vince Wright | December 25, 2022 | 11:59 am

Anonymous – Away In A Manger

Happy Christmas! The author of Away In A Manger is elusive.  Though some believe that Protestant reformer Martin Luthor penned it, the consensus is that Martin Luthor didn’t write it. This song’s earliest publication

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Sky clearing up during night
by Vince Wright | December 11, 2022 | 11:59 am

Edmund Sears – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Edmund Hamilton Sears was an American Unitarian pastor who authored many works, including:  Fire-side Colloquies (1847) Regeneration (1853) Calm on the Listening Ear of Night Pictures of the Olden Time (1857) Athanasia (1858) Sermons

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Happy faces on balloons.
by Vince Wright | December 4, 2022 | 9:55 am

Henry van Dyke Jr. – Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Henry van Dyke Jr. was an American whose father immigrated from Holland.  He was part of the Presbyterian clergy and served as a professor of English at Princeton from 1899 to 1923.  He also

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Jerusalem
by Vince Wright | November 6, 2022 | 11:59 am

CityAlight – Jerusalem

CityAlight, in the same structure as Hillsong, Elevation Worship, and Bethel, is a band run by a church organization. They hail from St Paul’s Castle Hill in Castle Hill, Australia.  They aim to reach

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Infinity Symbol
by Vince Wright | October 23, 2022 | 11:59 am

Keith & Kristyn Getty (Feat. Stuart Townend) – Forever Jesus

Keith & Kristyn Getty are modern hymnists.  Keith began his career in 1995 as a soloist.  He married Kristyn in 2004, becoming a duet act as Keith & Kristyn Getty. The Getty’s released eighteen

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Soldiers fighting in battle
by Vince Wright | October 2, 2022 | 11:59 am

Keith & Kristyn Getty – O Church Arise

Keith & Kristyn Getty are hymnists for a modern generation.  Keith had a solo career before he married Kristyn in 2004, morphing into a duet. The Getty’s released seventeen albums and one EP together,

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Person bowed down
by Vince Wright | August 24, 2022 | 11:59 am

Matt Boswell & Matt Papa – His Mercy Is More

Contemporary Christian pastor artist Matt Boswell is the Pastor of Ministries and Worship at Providence Church in Frisco, Texas.  He released two albums and two EP’s, including: Enter In (2005) Gravity and Gladness (2010) Messenger Hymns,

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Garden
by Vince Wright | August 17, 2022 | 11:59 am

CityAlight – Your Will be done

CityAlight, in the same structure as Hillsong, Elevation Worship, and Bethel, is a band run by a church organization. They hail from St Paul’s Castle Hill in Castle Hill, Australia.  They aim to reach

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