Brian McLaren, the liberal “emergent” evangelical activist, re-emerged last week to announce that he is rewriting the hymn “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” The hymn is too warlike, he writes ...

Be Still, My Soul is a comforting hymn by Katharina von Schlegel, urging trust in God’s plan, set to Jean Sibelius' Finlandia ...

Brian McLaren, the liberal “emergent” evangelical activist, re-emerged last week to announce that he is rewriting the hymn “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” The hymn is too warlike, he writes ...

Hymns go back to basics The Gettys, who moved to Nashville in 2011, were in Orlando recently to lead worship at the Gospel Coalition conference, which drew about 5,000 people.

The Romans sang hymns for everything. By contrast, the Jewish people loved their psalms but, as Gordley indicates, “there is very little evidence to suggest the presence of hymn singing within early ...

Salve the Soul: Abigail Beshkin is Jewish, but she finds comfort in singing Christian hymns with this group of singers. Image by Courtesy of Rachel Speer . About a year-and-a-half ago, ...

Nobody’s calling it a religious gathering. But there’s the energy of a revival. The motto for Beer and Hymns Orange County, printed on T-shirts selling for $20, is pretty straightforward ...

Today, the archetypal 21st-century Christian is no longer white, middle-class, and European. They may hail from sub-Saharan Africa, go to church in one of South America’s sprawling cities, or even ...