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Names of Jesus: Eternal Life


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Names of Jesus: Door to the Sheep


Names of Jesus: Deliverer


Names of Jesus: Counselor


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Names of Jesus: Bread of Life


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Names of Jesus: Beloved Son of God


Christmas in Northern Hearts by Laurie Wood


Northern Hearts (Heroes of the Tundra Book 2) is my Christmas novella set in the real-life town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. It’s called the Polar Bear Capitol of the World. I set my entire series there, and my husband and I flew up in 2019 so that I could do proper research on the town and its polar bear research […]
Read moreHymn Story: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High


O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High was written by Thomas A Kempis. His father was a peasant, whilst his mother kept a dame’s school for the younger children of Kempen. At the age of 12, he became an inmate of the poor-scholars’ house which was connected with a “Brother-House”. He remained there for six years before being received […]
Read moreHymn Story: At the Name of Jesus


At the Name of Jesus reminds us that one day every knee will bow and tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. The song was written by Caroline Marie Noel. She was born in Kent, England in 1817 to an Anglican clergyman and hymn writer. By her late teens she wrote poetry but then abandoned it for the next […]
Read moreSong Story: Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)


With today being the twenty-first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks I wanted to find a song about the event. Alan Jackson wrote Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) about those tragic events. He wrote it in October 2001 and said the lyrics came to him “while he was sleeping.” A few weeks later he debuted the […]
Read moreHymn Story: What a Day that will be (When My Jesus I Shall See)


What a Day that will be (When My Jesus I Shall See) is an upbeat song and often performed on the Gaither Homecoming Videos. The song was written by Jim Hill. He studied to become a professional singer and in the 1940s joined the Golden Keys Quartet as both manager and tenor. He wrote “What a Day That Will Be” […]
Read moreHymn Story: They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love


They’ll Know We Are Christians is a short chorus which reminds us to show God’s love. Father Peter Scholtes was inspired in the 1960s by John 13:35. He wrote the song for an ecumenical event. Hymnary.org says: “At the time, he was leading a youth choir out of the church basement and was looking for an appropriate song for a […]
Read moreNames of God: Jehovah-‘Ez-Lami


Jehovah-‘Ez-Lami means the Lord my strength The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him Psalm 28:7
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