Category: Hymns
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Building a Personal Hymnbook for Your Faith
There’s something powerful about having the right words at the right time—and even more powerful when those words are already on your lips. Robert J. Morgan shared this week on Haven Today that over the years, he’s built a personal “hymnbook” of about a hundred hymns. He doesn’t know every word by heart, but he’s…
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Robert Morgan and Stories Behind the Hymns of the Faith
This week on The Great Stories Podcast, David Wollen revisits an interview with Charles Morris and Robert Morgan as they share the stories behind the hymns of our faith. The Sing! Hymnal Introducing The Sing! Hymnal, a rich collection of over 500 hymns curated by Keith and Kristyn Getty. Blending historic, classic, and contemporary music,…
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’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Some hymns stand the test of time because they give voice to the deepest longings of the human heart. One of those hymns is ’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus. This song has carried believers through seasons of joy, grief, doubt, and faith for well over a century. Written in 1882 by Louisa M.…
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The Power of Hymns with Keith & Kristyn Getty
From the earliest times in the Bible, believers have sung Gospel truth set to melody—songs both old and new, historic and modern. In our world today, this matters more than ever. This week on The Great Stories Podcast, we turn back the clock to The Power of Hymns with Keith & Kristyn Getty, a memorable…
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Keith Getty on Why We Still Sing Hymns
From the earliest times in the Bible, believers have sung Gospel truth set to melody–songs both old and new, historic and modern. In our world today, this matters more than ever. This week on The Great Stories Podcast, David Wollen is joined by Keith Getty in an episode called Why We Still Sing Hymns. The Sing! Hymnal Introducing…
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The Biblical Importance of Music
From the very beginning, music has been woven into the story of God’s people. All throughout Scripture, we see songs of praise, lament, victory, and remembrance. The Psalms themselves are a Spirit-inspired hymnal, given by God to be sung in the temple, in the fields, and on the road as His people draw near to…
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Joni Eareckson Tada and the Importance of Hymns
Hymns have been sung by the church for centuries to help Christians worship God, learn the Bible, and encourage one another. And when you sing a great hymn, you’re not just making music—you’re preaching the Gospel to your own heart. Nobody knows that better than Joni Eareckson Tada. On today’s episode of the Great Stories…
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Joni Eareckson Tada Explains Why Hymns Still Matter
The deep love that Joni Eareckson Tada has for hymns is as inspiring as her testimony. A diving accident as a teenager left her a quadriplegic, but through her suffering, she has found deep joy in Christ. Now in her 70s, Joni continues to share His love in the most natural way she knows—through song.…
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How Scholars and Musicians Set the Odes of Solomon to Music for the First Time in 2,000 Years
Just like modern Christians do today, first century believers gathered together to pray, hear God’s Word, and worship Christ through song. But what were they singing? And what did it sound like? Today, we can begin to answer these questions thanks to the groundbreaking work behind a musical project breathing new life into The Odes…
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The Odes Lyrics
A few decades after Jesus ascended into heaven, believers met together in houses and catacombs to sing praises to God. Written between 80 AD and 125 AD, “The Odes of Solomon” were discovered in 1909 and make up the oldest surviving collection of sacred hymns outside of the New Testament. Thanks to the translation work of…