with great faith and understanding. In the same period, another significant movement affected the hymns of the church: the Methodist movement, led by John Wesley. Wesley and especially his brother ...

“The hymn encourages us to fight the good fight of the faith,” noted Hymn Studies Blog in a July 2012 entry. “We recognize ...

The text for this hymn was written in 1779 by the English poet and cleric, John Newton, a former captain of slave ships who found faith after a violent storm at sea. It tells of forgiveness and ...

Christmas carols are more than just festive songs. They are hymns of faith, narrating the nativity story. Carols date back centuries, evolving from early Christian hymns. They offer a message of ...

(RNS) — Memo from the newest LDS hymns: We're Christians ... they lodge in our hearts and minds as the scaffolding of our future faith. I’ve thought about this over the last few weeks as ...

To demonstrate that connection, several of the new hymns aren’t new at all ... the doctrine that we are justified by faith alone, without the works of the law. It is the doctrine that we ...