This lovely and most widely known Christian prayer for peace, with its broadly inclusive language, has been very frequently set to music. The most well-known hymn version is this one, written in ...

This hymn was written in 1977 by the New Zealand author and composer, Richard Gillard. It is known as “The Servant Song”. The author suggests that the passage of scripture in John’s Gospel ...

“Hymns, songs and poems honoring Jesus, the Holy Spirit and creator God, have been a part of the Christian tradition since bible times,” says Jo Hayes, an etiquette expert and founder ...

Michael Robertson grew up singing church songs out of hymn books—classics like “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior” and “Lord, I ...

Five hundred years after Martin Luther and a colleague published their first hymnal, Princeton Theological Seminary Professor ...

The Greek hymnos refers to a song of praise similar to the ode, and in the Christian tradition in the Middle Ages, these are predominantly in Latin. Vernacular hymns arise early in the Reformation and ...

Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess discusses how the new Latter-day Saint hymns emphasize that the church is ...

Wynne Evans, Melanie Marshall, Wallingford Parish Church Choir and the congregation of Wesley Memorial Church in Oxford illustrate why hymns continue to inspire. ABC iview Home Watch all your ...

Their music is traditionally set to songs composed ... have since been threatened by a right-wing group for singing Christian hymns and for participating in events organised by the community.