Posts with the tag “advent”

Scripture: John 12:44-50Hymn: Nu komm, der Heiden Heiland (Savior of the Nations Come) It goes without saying that most of today's contemporary "pop" music lacks the substance and theological depth to...  Read More

Text: John 3:16-21Christmas Hymn: Divinum Mysterium (Of the Father's Love Begotten) Divinum Mysterium is another one of the church's most ancient Christmas hymns still sung today, and just as Veni Red...  Read More

Scripture: John 1:1-4Christmas Hymn: Veni, Redemptor Gentium (Come, Redeemer of the Nations!) One of our most ancient and beautiful Christmas hymns isn't very well known, but "Veni, Redemptor Gentium"...  Read More

Advent: the coming of Christ......  Read More

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7Hymn: Away in a Manger Although initially a Quaker colony, because of Pennsylvania's constitutionally protected freedom of religious conscience, many Christian Germans fleeing per...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12Hymn: O Holy Night Since 1843, "O Holy Night" has resonated all around the world in music halls and churches, on radios, and in people's hearts. It is undoubtedly one of the m...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 98; Matthew 1:1-17Hymn: Joy to the World "Joy to the World" is one of our most popular Christmas hymns, written by one of our most popular hymn-writers, Isaac Watts. Actually, "Joy to...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:9 Hymn: Thou Who Wast Rich...  Read More

Scripture: Micah 5:2-5a Hymn: The Birthday of a King...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 2:6-12Hymn: Once in Royal David's City "Once in Royal David's City" is another hymn that was originally intended to teach children the nativity story, first published in 1848 by Cecil...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-2aHymn: What Child is This? In the mid-1800's, William Chatterton Dix was a successful businessman and manager of the Maritime Insurance Company in Glasgow, Scotland, until, in ...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-9 Hymn: I Wonder as I Wander...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10Hymn: Es ist ein Ros entsprugen (Lo, How a Rose E'ere Blooming) "Lo, How a Rose E'ere Blooming" is a 16th-century hymn that was extremely popular in the days of Martin Luther,...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn: Messiah...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-18 Hymn: O Little Town of Bethlehem...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-16Hymn: He is Born the Divine Christ Child After sin entered the world, "and death through sin, and death spread to all men because all sinned" (Rom 5:12), God revealed even in ...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5 Hymn: In the Bleak Midwinter...  Read More

Scripture: Zechariah 2 Hymn: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent...  Read More

Scripture: Romans 15:4-13 Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...  Read More

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14 Hymn: Angels from the Realms of Glory...  Read More

Scripture: Isaiah 60:19-22 Hymn: Joy to the World...  Read More

Scripture: John 12:44-50 Hymn: Nu komm, der Heiden Heiland (Savior of the Nations Come)...  Read More

Scripture: John 3:16-21 Christmas Hymn: Divinum Mysterium (Of the Father's Love Begotten)...  Read More

Scripture: John 1:1-4 Christmas Hymn: Veni, Redemptor Gentium (Come, Redeemer of the Nations)...  Read More

The Advent of Christ is a time that reminds us of some of the most precious, important, and rich theology - theology worth dying for. Actually, many have, and it is this very theology we sing about du...  Read More