Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Something Beautiful is a wonderful reminder by Bill and Gloria Gaither about how God can take all our dreams and hopes which have crumbled into ashes and turn them into something even better and more beautiful. Gloria Gaither shares the story came from their oldest child, Suzanne. One day she was painting and spilled some paint. Vigilantly she tried to […]
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John Phillip Sousa composed a song for his unfinished operetta The Devil’s Deputy before financing for the show fell through. A short time later, Sousa an his band manager, George Hinton, attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. They attended a spectacle of “America” in which a backdrop of the Liberty Bell was lowered. Hinton suggestion to Sousa the title “Liberty […]
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This Is My Father’s World was written by Maltbie Davenport Babcock in 1901. Babcock was a minister living in Lockport, New York. He enjoyed taking frequent walks along the Niagara Escarpment which provided a “panoramic vista of upstate New York scenery and Lake Ontario.” Upon leaving for his walk, he would tell his wife Katherine, he was “going out to […]
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I Would Be True is a hymn written by Howard A. Walter in 1906. He is credited with writing the first three verses while living in Japan. He sent the lyrics to his mother and she forwarded them on to Harper’s Magazine, who published them. The last three verses are attributed to S. Ralph Harlow around 1918. According […]
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This beautiful song was written around 1970 by Dottie Rambo. Dottie felt inspired to write a song about the grace of God, but had been unable to finish the song. After a concert, she visited her brother who was dying of cancer and given only weeks to live. She prayed for him and encouraged him to give his […]
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Scripture promises Jesus will return and only God in heaven knows the day and hour. Not even Jesus or the angels know when he will return. {Mark 13:32} Luke 21:28 says, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” The song was written by Gordon Jensen […]
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Harry Dixon Loes, was a popular music teacher at the Moody Bible Institute for almost three decades in the early 20th Century.One day he was listening to a sermon on Christ’s atonement, titled “Blessed Redeemer”. Mr. Loes was inspired by the sermon to compose a tune.He then sent the melody and title to his friend, Avis Christiansen, and asked her […]
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Elvis recorded the song If We Never Meet Again on his 1960 album His Hand in Mine. The song was written by Albert E. Brumley. Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma in 1905. His childhood was spent in a sparse agricultural community, working the family farm. He studied at Hartford Musical Institute and later purchased the Hartford Music Company in […]
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In recognition of Mother’s Day, Hail Queen of Heaven is a song about the Virgin Mary.Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star is a Marian hymn, which means it is focused on the Virgin Mary. The hymn was written by Father John Lingard a Catholic priest and historian, who helped smooth the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act in England, […]
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Surrendering everything to the Lord and be willing to do whatever it takes to get there is difficult. I’ve both experienced and heard stories of the struggle to get to this point to state “Whatever it takes to draw closer to you Lord.” Stating “Whatever it takes”, is a statement of faith and a way to boldly approach the throne. […]
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Father Jan Michael Joncas was returning from a meal with his friend, Doug Hall, when he discovered Hall’s father had died of a heart attack. Father Joncas longed to find a way to console his friend. In a published interview he recalled “I knew this was a hard, hard experience in anybody’s life, [and I] just wanted to create something […]
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Have you ever had an experience where you felt you were standing on Holy Ground? Moses was told “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” {Exodus 3:5; see also Acts 7:32-33} The song We Are Standing On Holy Ground was written by Geron Davis. The song […]
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They Could Not is an inspirational song sung by Sandi Patty, which reminds us they could not keep Jesus in the grave.The popular Easter song was written by Ron Harris and Claire Cloninger. The song was first published in 1981 by Ron Harris music.What a great reminder that the grave could not hold Jesus. For this reason, we have the […]
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Neath the Old Olive Trees is a hymn I discovered only a few years ago, from a dear friend. The song was written by Baylus Benjamin {or B.B.} McKinney. The song was published in 1929 and renewed in 1957 by the Broadman Press. McKinney was born July 22, 1886 in Louisiana. He was an alumnus of Louisiana College in Pineville, […]
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The Via Dolorosa is a popular song, made popular by Sandi Patty. The song tells the story of Jesus journey carrying his cross down the Via Dolorosa to the hill of Golgotha, where he would hang on the cross and die.The song was written by Billy Sprague and Niles Borop. The song was first published in 1983 by Capitol CMG. […]
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Ten Thousand Angels Cried is a popular song we hear around Easter. LeAnn Rimes released the song on her You Light Up My Life album. The inspirational album was released by Curb Records when Rimes was fifteen years old and her second album. Dave Patillo is accredited as the writer on her album. Patillo’s website states “The David Patillo song […]
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From a young age Don Wyrtzen loved music, under the tutledge of his father, Dr. Jack Wyrtzen, who was the founder of Word of Life International. Don Wyrtzen wrote the praise chorus, Worthy is the Lamb. He recalled:“In 1970, I was in Mexico City assisting evangelist Luis Palau conduct a series of crusades. Because the messages were in Spanish, I […]
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Jesus death on the cross represents the highest form of love, called agape or “unconditional” love. Jesus died for you and for me on the cross, unconditional. He allowed himself to be offered up as a sacrifice for us, but it is up to us if we are willing to accept his gift.My Savior’s Love was written by Charles Gabriel, […]
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When trials come into our lives it is easy to question the circumstances and ask Why Me, Lord? The classic country gospel song, Why Me, Lord? was written by Kris Krisofferson. The song was inspired by Larry Gatlin’s song Help Me Lord. Kristofferson attended a church service where Gatlin’s song was sung. “As Kristofferson explained that the pastor asked, “Is […]
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Anyone who has seen Sister Act 2 remembers the transformation made during the hand clapping rendition of O Happy Day. Philip Doddridge was an 18th Century English Clergyman. He wrote the hymn O Happy Day, that fixed my choice and set it to a melody made by J.A. Freylinghausen in 1704. In the mid-19th Century, Edward F. Rimbault wrote a […]
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