Technically a distinct style of Music, generally referring to the music typically sung in a worship service.
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Why do I sing, "Here I raise my Ebenezer?"
In "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," the second verse, says, "Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither by thy help I've come."
I have heard that an Ebenezer is a monument of some kind, but even armed with that knowledge, I really don't understand what…
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What was Isaac Watts' theological background?
Isaac Watts has often been called "the Father of English Hymnody." He is responsible for many of my favorite hymns:
Joy to the world (arranged by Lowell Mason to an older melody originating from Handel)
Come ye that love the Lord (often sung with…
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What is Matt Redman's denominational background?
So, I've been learning to love a new (for me) song called 10000 Reasons. I discovered that he is also the writer of another "modern classic" Blessed Be Your Name.
In writing his music, he takes an approach to infusing Scripture that I find rather…
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Why is "We Three Kings" a Christmas hymn, and not a Lenten one?
I'll admit, when I was a young'n, I thought "We Three Kings" was a silly song. I mean, it was just about a star, right? After all, since I only knew the chorus, and the first verse:
We three kings of Orient are / Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
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What role does hymnody play in non-Western churches?
My wife and I were discussing the central role that congregational singing of hymns takes in Western churches, when it dawned on me that I don't real have a good understanding what its like outside of Roman Catholic and Western Protestant circles. I…
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What denominations use gender-inclusive hymnology?
Recently, I was asked to substitute "souls" for "men" in the hymn, "Good Christian Men, Rejoice," in order to be more gender-inclusive. In this same congregation, I caused quite a stir by suggesting we sing "Onward Christian Soldiers," for much the…
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How is the hymn "We've a Story to Tell to the Nations" postmillennial?
In a recent blog article, Dr. Roger Olson said that the popular hymn We've a Story to Tell to the Nations
"is clearly postmillennial eschatologically."
But when I sing it in various churches I took the hymn to mean that we should bring the light…
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Not understanding the meaning of the song Resurrecting by Elevation Worship
There is a song by Elevation Worship named Resurrecting. As I am not a Christian, I failed to understand some of these lines:
Our God is alive
The tomb with soldiers watched in vain
was borrowed for three days
HIS body there would not remain
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