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O Jesus, I Have Promised
What a blessing it is to have a pastor who regards congregational singing not as fluff or entertainment, but as a vital source of spiritual nourishment…
Apr 23
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"Now the Green Blade Riseth"
Our hymn reminds us of what Jesus taught about the grain of wheat. It falls to earth, then bursts its shell, and in dying puts forth the first green…
Apr 16
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Anthony Esolen
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Again and Again .. "I Love to Tell the Story"
If heaven is life filled with love, why should we not be singing out now this story which is, as the poet says, ever ancient and ever new?
Apr 9
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Anthony Esolen
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"I Know That My Redeemer Lives"
The author of today's hymn seems to have been less a theologian than a man who might grab you by the collar and say, “Listen to the good news!” Not a…
Apr 2
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Anthony Esolen
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March 2024
"All Glory, Laud, and Honor"
Our choice this week is the best Palm Sunday hymn ever, written by St. Theodulf in 810 and brilliantly translated into English by the great John Mason…
Mar 26
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Anthony Esolen
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"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"
Today's hymn echoes the circling of Jericho by Joshua and his men, the blowing of the trumpets, and the crash of the walls as they “come a-tumbling…
Mar 19
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Anthony Esolen
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Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
Sometimes the best form of prayer is thought. And that is why we’re revisiting “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee” for our hymn this week.
Mar 12
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Anthony Esolen
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Thine Arm, O Lord
The author of our hymn this week has in mind the sickness that afflicts the body, and the more subtle and dangerous sickness that afflicts the soul.
Mar 5
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Anthony Esolen
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February 2024
O Worship the King
Today's hymn, a revisiting of Psalm 104, is joyous and honest at once.
Feb 27
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Anthony Esolen
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Turn Back, O Man
The good tidings are a call by God for man to turn, because God himself has turned his face toward man in the most remarkable way.
Feb 20
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Anthony Esolen
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Pleasant are Thy Courts Above
Our Hymn of the Week is founded on psalm 84, “How lovely are they dwelling places, O Lord of hosts!”
Feb 13
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"All People That on Earth Do Dwell"
Just as a sacred painting has to work as a painting, a hymn must work as a poem. Its images must be well chosen. Its rhymes must be apt, not forced. It…
Feb 6
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Anthony Esolen
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