Everything good again
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu'ring son... The Easter classic 'Thine be the glory' was written in 1884 by a French-speaking Swiss...
Unseasonally seasonal
Hark the herald angels sing... Charles Wesley's popular Christmas anthem began life in 1739 with the words "Hark how all the welkin...
Grand designs
He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign LORD, you alone know.” Ezekiel 37.3 History was made yesterday, with...
Problem or embarrassment?
So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3.16 Yesterday I wended my way from...
Every parent's nightmare
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away... Job 1.21 In the early hours of yesterday morning a couple in our church received the news...
Game-changer
And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Saviour's blood? Samuel Wesley was a Church of England clergyman. With his wife,...
Through thick and thin
The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want... While Amazing Grace may be the most recorded hymn of all time, Psalm 23 is certainly the most...
It takes one to know one
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me... These words could have come from the prodigal son in the parable Jesus...
Heart of the matter
Rock of ages, cleft for me... A rakish whiff engulfs the origin of the hymn by Augustus Montague Toplady Rock of Ages. It suggests that...
Playlist for Church
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder... In view of this being the 10th anniversary of Playlist for Life, wouldn't it be great if there...