Whenever I talk about how pop worship music is inappropriate for Christian worship, I get comments accusing me of making hasty generalizations, and directing me to “fresh” and “new” pop recordings of ...

Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church. In his new book, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns (P & R Publishing), T. David Gordon argues that modern worship choruses have ...

I’ve thought for a good while that using “traditional” and “contemporary” to describe different worship formats was pretty confusing. One of the things the “contemporary” worship apologists like to ...

It’s no wonder many of the church’s great prayers and meditations have been set to music through the ages. Comforting, convicting and inspiring verses are made even more stirring and memorable with ...

Kevin Mills grew up at Vineville Baptist Church in Macon. He attended the traditional worship services with his family and friends. Folks dressed in their “Sunday best,” sat in the pews and admired ...

After the emergence and growing presence of Christian praise songs on Sunday, some modern hymn writers are looking to go retro. According to NPR, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty of ...

The 27 worship songs that have made the hymnal cut time and again. There are many ways to identify the most lasting or best loved hymns among American Protestants. But what would we find by looking at ...

There are timeless, classic hymns that are sung in churches all over the world today. They are beloved hymns with beautiful messages of faith, memorable melodies, and rich qualities. I imagine they ...

After the angel Gabriel visits Mary to announce she would conceive a child by the Holy Spirit, Mary receives the news and goes to see her cousin, Elizabeth, who is also miraculously pregnant. The ...

There was a time when hymns were used primarily to drive home the message that came from the pulpit. But then came the praise songs. Matt Redman's song "Our God" is the most popular piece of music in ...

The fourth annual Thanksgiving Community Hymn Sing will take place at the Vergennes Opera House featuring the Addison County ...