An engaging conversation between Trevin Wax and Keith and Kristyn Getty about the Getty’s new album of Christmas music includes this observation by Kristyn about the modern hymn movement. Trevin: What’s your impression of the other side of the modern hymn movement – the practice of taking old, obscure, forgotten hymns and giving them new …
Nathan W Bingham shares a stunningly clear gospel insight gleaned at a hospital, of all places. Read the whole piece at his blog. Here’s a taste to get you started. I recently took one of my daughters to hospital for something minor. Although it wasn’t anything too serious, she had to be admitted and was …
Monday With Mounce revisits a perennial question: how to not judge (Matthew 25:32) without forsaking discernment and credulity. In speaking of the final judgment, Jesus says, “All the nations (τὰ ἔθνη) will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people (αὐτοὺς) one from another (ἀπ᾿ ἀλλήλων) as a shepherd separates the sheep from …
Whether your song selections in December will reflect the theme of Advent or not, the analysis which Bobby Gilles provides of Charles Wesley’s hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus is informative and instructional about what makes an effective song for corporate praise and why. What is Advent? It’s the season of preparation for Christ’s coming …
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