David and Goliath. David and Jonathan. The book of 1 Samuel is full of Bible stories about David, especially the ones that we tell kids in Sunday school. But there’s a lot more to this book of the Bible than the stuff of VeggieTales. My friends at CPH just released an...
It’s a hopeful declaration: the Lord is come! But is the song “Joy to the World” based in the Bible at all? I’m going through well-known Christmas carols to see how they line up with the Bible. “O Holy Night” turned out to be pretty...
On Christmas Eve in 1818, a small-town Austrian congregation heard the hymn “Silent Night” for the first time. Since then, the song has been translated into at least 142 languages. It’s one of the world’s best-loved Christmas carols. But was it...
Almost every line from “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” could be developed into an individual blog post, sermon, or book. The lyrics are poetic, encouraging, and (for the most part) biblical. I’ve been looking forward to examining this hymn against...
“The First Noel” is a tune that showed up in the 1800s (possibly earlier). I loved this melody as a kid, but after comparing the lyrics to the Bible, I like it a lot more now. It’s one of those songs that we sing every year, but it’s centered...
If you grew up in the church, this may have been the first song you ever sang in public. It’s “Away in a Manger,” that Christmastime lullaby. I’ve been nit-picking my way through Christmas hymns like “O Holy Night” and “Joy to...
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