Hymns

     A young teenager once complained to his father, a minister, that most of the hymns they sang in church were boring to him because they were too far…

---------------------------      In 1773, English poet and hymn-writer William Cowper experienced a nervous breakdown.  He struggled with mental illness and despondency all his life, and now his mind was…

By Bob Kauflin, September 22, 2010 blog at:  www.worshipmatters.com      The story behind "Great is Thy Faithfulness" should encourage every Christian who thinks of their life as ordinary.  There’s…

---------------------- II Kings 2:11-12a  --  As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and…

Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), blind rescue mission worker Phoebe Knapp  (1839-1908), wife of one of the founders and second president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ----------------------------------------------------      Fanny Crosby and…

     Johnny Cash (1932-2003) recorded almost one-hundred albums in his long career.  Of all those many albums, he said his favorite was the last one he did, released just…

Rich Mullins  (1955-1997)      Rich Mullins was an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter.  He was born in Richmond, Indiana.        Mullins was best known for his worship…

  Francis Rous (1579-1659), an English lawyer and churchman, reworked the words of the twenty-third Psalm into a wonderful hymn, "The Lord's My Shepherd."  His adaptation of the Psalm has…