In Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, archaeologists found the earliest Christian hymn with lyrics and music. Studied at Oxford, it ...

Brian McLaren, the liberal “emergent” evangelical activist, re-emerged last week to announce that he is rewriting the hymn “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” The hymn is too warlike, he writes, as is much ...

Hymns are “important in the history of ideas, the formation of culture, and the inner life of individual readers,” J. R. Watson reminds us in this time when the disciplines of hymn writing and singing ...

In a class on ministry, Will Willimon often referred to “the great theologian of our age”—meaning Bob Dylan, whose poetic expression of antiwar convictions helped Willimon articulate a Christian ...

Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...

1. What is your favorite hymn from “The Golden Age of Hymns”? (See the Contents for some still-popular candidates.) What makes this hymn important to you? 2. In what ways is today’s outpouring of ...

Sophia Andrade sings in Portuguese accompanied by Kristen Bromley and Brady Bills at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 30, 2024. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

Truly, songs that touch on spirituality bear some of the best melodies, richest refrains, and most meaningful messages. There is a reason they’ve lasted hundreds, if not thousands of years. Here at ...