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The Christian Canary Dying in the Coal Mine That Is India - The Stream
The Christian Canary Dying in the Coal Mine That Is India - The Stream "Secret No. 2: a significant portion of North-East India is predominantly Christian. The mostly mountainous region of eight states and over 200 tribes experienced an unprecedented...
Song Review Index | The Berean Test
Song Review Index | The Berean Test Vince Wright analyzes popular songs used in Christian worship to see whether they reflect the teaching of Scripture and properly focus attention on God and His glory. Some of his guiding principles are...
Life of Beth -- Nostalgia Sunday: Hymns
Nostalgia Sunday: Hymns Beth, a university student, discusses the hymns she sang as a student at a Church of England primary school. A couple are familiar from my years at an Episcopal-affiliated school -- "Kumbaya My Lord," "He's got the...
BBC Songs of Praise, The UK's Favourite Hymn | BBC One - 12/07/2020 - YouTube
BBC Songs of Praise, The UK's Favourite Hymn | BBC One - 12 July 2020 - YouTube Performances of the top 10 favourite hymns of the British public, including some modern tunes (Getty & Townend's "In Christ Alone" was #3),...
Why WOULD Anyone Sing in Church These Days? | Jonathan Aigner
Why WOULD Anyone Sing in Church These Days? | Jonathan Aigner "We have a rich history of hymns and songs dating back centuries, set to beautiful, singable melodies with a rich harmonic framework, a group to which each generation added...
Winston Churchill's favorite hymns: Institute for Religion and Democracy
Winston Churchill's favorite hymns: Institute for Religion and Democracy A post marking the 50th anniversary of the death of, arguably, the greatest man of the 20th century: "Some claim Churchill was religiously indifferent. He's said to have called himself a...
J. Ray Art: Pen and Ink
J. Ray Art: Pen and Ink Illustrator Josh Ray has produced a series of ten drawings called the Ink Well, currently on display at the Cafe on Broadway in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. "Each of the 10 pieces is inspired from...
Christianity Today: Raising Ebenezer
Christianity Today: Raising Ebenezer Why we shouldn't purge hymns of unfamiliar words: "This single word [Ebenezer] ushers the worshiper into both the biblical episode and the greater narrative of God's redemptive dealings with his people. It points us, also, to...
JunkYardBlog: Hymnblogging: You Learn Something New Every Sunday
JunkYardBlog: Hymnblogging: You Learn Something New Every Sunday What is an "Ebenezer" anyway? "Christianity has a history, just like it has a future. There's a lot of wisdom in the past and we need to try to understand and remember...
WORLD Magazine: Oh, for a thousand tongues
WORLD Magazine: Oh, for a thousand tongues Today was the 300th birthday of Charles Wesley, one of the greatest hymn writers in the English-speaking world. Considered a co-founder of Methodism alongside his older brother John, Wesley's hymns are known and...
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