Episodes

A Bit About The Song… The Blessing After the Lord had given His wonderful law to the children that He loved through His faithful servant Moses, He asked Moses to give this special blessing to His priests Aaron and Aaron’s son...

A Bit About The Song… The Message Original words and music by The Rain. This is a single track from the album “Shelter in the Storm” The story behind the album: Our love of complex, meaningful words led us to collect old hymn...

A Bit About The Song… My Faith Looks Up To Thee This well-known hymn was written by Ray Palmer, considered to be one of America’s best-known hymn writers from the 1800s. The creative process brings us very close to the Creato...

A Bit About The Song… I Hear Thy Welcome Voice Lewis Hartsough, A Methodist Minister from Ithaca New York pend these beautiful worlds and the words of almost a hundred other hymns during the 1800s. Little is known about the ...

A Bit About The Song… I Will Sing Of My Redeemer This beautiful song was written by Philip Paul Bliss In the 1800s. He was converted at a Revival meeting at age 12 while he was working on farms and in lumber camps and trying ...

A Bit About The Song… Nearer My God to Thee This hymn is probably most widely known for reportedly being the last musical piece the band on the sinking Titanic played before the boat tragically crashed into the sea in April 1...

A Bit About The Song… O, Come, Emmanuel This hymn, originally written in Latin, was translated roughly in 1861 by Jason Mason Neal, a pastor in the Church of England. I love the name Immanuel (Emmanuel), meaning, “God is with...

A Bit About The Song… Shelter in the Storm This beautiful hymn was written in the late 1880s by Vernon J Charlesworth, who was a London Pastor serving as Headmaster of Charles Spurgeon’s Stockwell Orphanage. This well-beloved...

A Bit About The Song… Nearer, Still Nearer Jesus said in John 12: 32, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” So many times we feel alone and forgotten by God. So many times we wonder where He is...

A Bit About The Song… Depth of Mercy From the depths of the dark ages, comes this powerful cry from the heart of Charles Wesley. It resonates with each sincere listener as the theme resounds throughout all ages, can there be ...

A Bit About The Song… “Softly and Tenderly,” which was originally known as “Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling,” is a classic invitation hymn from the 19th century. It was written by Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) who ...

A Bit About The Song… Take the world but give me Jesus This striking him was written by the amazing Fanny Crosby in the eighteen hundreds. At the age of 6 weeks, old Fanny Crosby lost her eyesight by a mistake from a careless...

A Bit About The Song… Shelter in the Storm This beautiful hymn was written in the late 1880s by Vernon J Charlesworth, who was a London Pastor serving as Headmaster of Charles Spurgeon’s Stockwell Orphanage. This well-beloved...

A Bit About The Song… The Blessing After the Lord had given His wonderful law to the children that He loved through His faithful servant Moses, He asked Moses to give this special blessing to His priests Aaron and Aaron’s son...

A Bit About The Song… O, Come, Emmanuel This hymn, originally written in Latin, was translated roughly in 1861 by Jason Mason Neal, a pastor in the Church of England. I love the name Immanuel (Emmanuel), meaning, “God is with...

A Bit About The Song… King of Kings “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, he doth judge and makes war. His eyes were as a flame of fir...

A Bit About The Song… What is Man Psalms 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psalms 144:3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that th...

A Bit About The Song… WenshaliCGsus The hymn portion of this beautiful haunting amalgamation of traditional melody and original music composed by Nicholas Mazzio is attributed to an anonymous source around the beginning of th...

A Bit About The Song… Teach Us To Pray “And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And He sa...

A Bit About The Song… Man of Sin When Paul wrote his second letter to the church in Thessalonica it was in a very dangerous time for the young church. Persecution against the new Christian believers following the risen Christ...

A Bit About The Song… Here I Stand As some of you know, we wrote a book not too long ago called “Here I Stand.” We wanted to share the truth that the Bible and the Bible only should be the standard of the true Christian faith...

A Bit About The Song… Freedom One particularly late and dark night as we were going through a very dark trial we felt was going to end our lives without receiving God’s promise Nick went to the piano and began singing this ne...

A Bit About The Song… We have always liked the feeling and hearing the natural rhythm that exists in Scripture. No matter what language it’s written in, there is music and pentameter throughout inspired writing. “Behold, He c...

A Bit About The Song… Christ or Barabbas This song asks the most important question of all – What shall I do with Jesus? Shall I crucify Him and let Barabbas free? Or shall I set Him free? “Barabbas” is also translated as “So...