Category Archives: Hymn Study

It should come as no surprise that many of our most beloved hymns were written as a result of some extremely painful experience.  We have examples of that with “It Is Well with My Soul” (four daughters lost in a … Continue reading →

Ours is a time when a longing for peace grows stronger by the day in each of our hearts.  We watch heart-breaking video news reports of the suffering in Gaza and Ukraine.  We get details about oppression by tribal lords … Continue reading →

When new members are publicly received into a church during a morning worship service, it is quite common that to welcome them, people will sing together the familiar hymn, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.”  While that 1772 text is … Continue reading →

How often do we think about what it will be like to be in glory?  Jesus has promised that He has gone there to prepare a place for us (John 14:1-6), and that He will come again to take us … Continue reading →

Notice in the heading, it’s “the church militant,” not “the church military!”  Christians are called to battle every day against the world, the flesh and the devil.  This is the spiritual warfare that is everywhere addressed throughout Scripture, and which … Continue reading →

Every year countless folks make a new Year’s Resolution to read through the entire Bible in the year ahead.  They launch into Genesis and find themselves freshly challenged with the familiar stories of Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, … Continue reading →

Each summer, Protestant denominations in America hold their annual meeting.  Depending on the polity (church government) of each, different types of representation from local churches gather to review how their bodies are carrying out the Great Commission.  This includes addressing … Continue reading →

Paul wrote in Philippians 2 that, as a result of Jesus’ having humbled Himself and being obedient even to death on the cross, “Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the … Continue reading →

Christians are on a journey through life, and our destination is heaven, where we will forever be with the Lord.  But this is not an easy journey.  It is one that demands perseverance and determination, as well as the struggle … Continue reading →

When we think of Pentecost Sunday, our minds naturally focus on the event as recorded by Luke in the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.  But we ought also to recall Jesus’ promise to give the Spirit as … Continue reading →