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Hymn Reflection : Jesus Loves the Little Children
Today’s hymn reflection is one of the most unique “how we got the song” stories you will ever read. With Lebanon Road’s Vacation Bible School (click for a hilarious video) coming up next week (and you are invited, of course!), I wanted to share the history of this long-time children’s favorite. First, we need to realize that today, we only sing the chorus of a song that originally had three verses. When I worked in Haleyville, we had a singing group of the elementary students who would sing for some of our shut-ins and others. I taught them two of the verses and they thought it was really cool to…
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Thursday Hymn Reflection: “I Know Whom I Have Believed”
[NOTE: Each Thursday, we “reflect” on a hymn, usually suggested by our readers. If you have some favorites you would like us to write about, leave a comment with up to three (3) suggestions, and we’ll add them to our list for future posts.] ————————– There are so many things we do not understand, and many of our hymns come out of that confusion. We must take many steps by faith, even when we struggle to understand the reasoning for certain things. But we are not stepping out in some “blind faith,” as some might say. The song “I Know Whom I Have Believed” boldly states the reason for our…
