Category Archives: Music

I like old hymns. Unlike those who grow up in many contemporary-minded churches which eschew hymnody, my childhood was spent singing songs like Be Thou My Vision, It Is Well With My Soul and Joyful, Joyful to mention a few. I’m not a “hymn guy” for merely sentimental reasons, but because of their content’s depth [...]

In researching hymns written by the incomparable Isaac Watts (1674-1748), I ran across a song I couldn’t help but post. I love both its unflinching description of the power of death and the greater power of God in Christ over death. This is the kind of music I not only want but need to hear. [...]