I have a friend in ministry who does not like ‘Amazing Grace’. There’s noting wrong with him, he just thinks that the song has been done to death. This morning we sang it at mgpc but we used the original lyrics. 1. Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That sav’d a wretch like me! I …
Confession time. If, like me, you were in church during the 1980s you probably sang ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ by Graham Kendrick. Conservative churches dabbling in newer song and choruses used it a lot. A real lot. I don’t know why. Maybe because it looked like a real song with verses and a chorus. Maybe because …
I recently read Mark Dever stating that Christians on their deathbed would not be recalling songs they learned last week, or words to that effect. This week a man with a loving wife and four young sons has been gravely ill. The news about his health in the last couple of days has been encouraging …
May The Mind Of Christ My Saviour is a hymn of consecration. At once it recognises the power of the living Christ in the Christian while also voicing aspiritation to live Christ’s life in us. I like it for its balance, humility, simplicity, and, above all, its Christ centeredness. The lyrics are by Kate B. …
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