Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Recently we sung A Broken Heart, My God, My Life in church. A hymn I had not heard before and wanted to learn more about. A Broken Heart, My God, My Life was written by Isaac Watts. Watts was a prolific writer. He wrote sermons, treatises, poems and hymns. Often he wrote hymns to be sung with his sermons. He […]
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Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed was written by Isaac Watts. Watts was born on July 17, 1674 in Southampton, England. In 1702, he became a pastor and accepted a call to Abney Park, where he would make a home the remainder of his life. He wrote over two thousand hymns along with sermons, treatises and poems. Some of his […]
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When I survey the wondrous cross is a great song to concentrate on as we near Easter and remember the true meaning of the season. Jesus death on the cross is the greatest gift God could give to us and is a gift we can continue to accept today as we accept his salvation. However, the song was not originally […]
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This popular hymn was written by Isaac Watts. Watts was born in 1674 and died in 1748. He would become a pastor and wrote poems and hymns to go with his sermons. He wrote over 600 hymns during his lifetime. Today we still know some of his songs such as At the Cross and Joy to the World. We don’t […]
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