Nuggets
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Worship & Hymns
Thanking God Despite the Darkness
The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) proved to be intensely cruel and destructive. Over three decades, the conflict accompanied by famine and epidemic decimated the population of Germany from 16 million to 6 million. A glance […]
Why What We Sing about God Matters
The psalmist David looked at the night sky, pondered the finger play of the Creator, and marveled at the majesty and glory of God. David’s contemplation continued as he considered his insignificance compared with the […]
Charles Wesley: Word Craftsman
Haldor listened to the young woman singing on the street corner on a July evening in 1906. Her song about a mother who grieved over a wayward son reminded Haldor of his own mother who […]
True Worship
She screeched the high notes, but we paid little attention to the voice because we were listening to the song. Friends of ours met Tammy at a Billy Graham crusade. As they got to know […]
Hymn Story of the Month
In 1998—1999 I had a series of articles published in The Preacher’s Magazine that provided one hymn story per month for the entire year. The setting for each story includes the month or season in […]
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