The King Has Come
This Easter song frames the resurrection in terms of light. The darkness of the tomb – of death – has been banished by the light of the risen Savior Jesus. The “light of the world” (John 8:12) has come to […]
Gospel
All Gone
This song is inspired by a paragraph from C. H. Spurgeon’s sermon “Forgiveness Made Easy:” All our transgressions are swept away at once, carried off as by a flood, and so completely removed from us that no guilty trace of […]
Rescued Me
The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength
A setting of Nehemiah 8
He Gives
This hymn points us to the truth of Matthew 11:28-29: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and […]
The Scriptures Point to Christ Alone
This hymn text was written to the tune SOLID ROCK (My hope is built on nothing less) about how the Scriptures are meant to point to Christ (John 5:39).
Simple Gift
The tune for this hymn – “Sipmle Gifts” – dates back to the mid-1800s and was made popular by Aaron Copland in his masterpiece “Appalachian Spring.” While the song could not properly be called a “hymn,” (becaue of the lack […]
He Is the King
God created human beings in his image to be his representatives, ruling the whole earth together. But when sin entered the world, human governance was corrupted along with everything else. Selfishness, deception, and the mistreatment of others became the norm […]
How Can I Keep from Singing (When I can see the glorious God)
How Can I Keep from Singing is a hymn dating to the late 19th century which did not become popular until the late 20th century when it was used as a folk song by artists such as Pete Seeger. The […]
O Christ, My Life
In his letter to the church Colossae, the Apostle Paul rejoiced to see how the gospel bore fruit among the Colossian believers. He longed for them to see the preeminence of Christ in all things—particularly in their salvation and future […]