Beside Still Waters Ministries

This hymn is one of the most significant in church history, and it most symbolizes the Protestant Reformation.  It was written by Martin Luther on his way to the Diet of Worms, which was in 1529.  He was invited to this meeting by the Holy Roman Emperor and the pope under the guise that they [...]

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You may or may not recognize his name, but Isaac Watts hymns are the most widely known throughout the Christian world – you should at the very least recognize one of his hymns, Joy To The World.  Born in 1674 in Southampton, England, he was the oldest of nine children and raised in a Nonconformist [...]

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I’m a little behind in getting stuff posted this week, like my Worship Confessional for last weekend and the next Worship article, so here’s is a video to get you by of a great song by my favorite band, Caedmon’s Call, “There’s Only One”. It is from a concert on their Overdressed tour, which [...]

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This hymn was written as a poem in 1886 by a young Swedish pastor, Carl Boberg, who was caught in a sudden thunderstorm while visiting a beautiful country estate.  After the storm passed, the air was filled with the sweet songs of birds and the green countryside glistened in sunlight, and he was inspired to [...]

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In my prayer time, I felt that God wanted us to look at His grace, and those that responded to it with hymn texts that continue to be powerful today. First, let’s look at John Newton, who wrote “Amazing Grace”, probably the most well-known hymn around the world. John’s mother was an early, strong spiritual [...]

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