Our son was out of school and had a few days of vacation from his work. So, he decided that he would like to go hiking at Tallulah Gorge State Park. He invited his mother and I. As a result, it was arranged for us to go on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. It was the …
In the years after hymn singing entered the Anglican church, the individual churches were using a variety of songbooks or hymnals. There began a movement to create a single hymnal that could be used by all of the churches. Hymns Ancient and Modern was born. Publication of Hymns Ancient and Modern Novello & Co published …
Prior to 1898, the Southern Baptist Convention did not allow the Sunday School Board to publish books. That year the ban was lifted and in 1904 “the Board published its first hymnal, The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book.” (B.B. McKinney: A Shaping Force in Southern Protestant Music, dissertation of Terry C. Terry, 1981, p. 27) …
In your mind’s eye, follow me to the Holy Land. There I’ve seen the Sea of Galilee when it was smooth and calm, never stormy with great waves as we so often hear the stories of the Bible narrated. It has been my experience to launch out in a boat with other visitors to the …
The hymnal, Songs of Faith, was a 1933 publication of Southern Baptists. As you can tell, the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention released this volume about 7 years prior to the Broadman Hymnal. It was during the time when Dr. I.J. Van Ness was leading that institution – you can see his …
It was a game changer in 1870 when preacher Dwight L. Moody enlisted Ira D. Sankey to be the music director for his evangelistic services and mission work. In many ways, church music in evangelical churches owes much to this historic event. In his training Sankey was affiliated with other musicians whose names are familiar …
How often have I failed God? How often I have I been used of God? We hear He’s a God of 2nd chances. Oh, so much more, 3rd, 4th, 100th! 70 times 70? There is good news, and there is hope in that. I was reading in the Bible book of Hebrews, chapter 11, that …
One day, several years ago, we had made a change in some aspect of our worship at the church I was serving, and a dear, sweet lady came to me and said, “Richard, you know that’s not right. That’s not who we are.” Of course, we don’t like change. Of course, we like to be …
