Experiencing the Manifold Grace of God
O Come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold Him, born the King of Angels! O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him! O Come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL verse 1 Originally written in [...]
Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o’er all the earth; ye who sang creation’s story now proclaim Messiah’s birth. ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY verse 1 “Look Daddy! Every time a bell rings, an Angel gets his wings!” As adorable as this is from my favorite Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful [...]
A few years ago, Prince William and Kate had their first baby Prince George. You may have heard the Town Crier on the news shouting at the top of his lungs, "Hear ye! Hear ye!" He was announcing the royal birth. "The birth of the royal baby had been followed around the world. In America, [...]
We three kings of Orient are; bearing gifts we traverse afar, field and fountain, moor and mountain, following yonder star.WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE verse 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who [...]
Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing, stealing our senses all away! I love how this Christmas hymn written in 1728 associates Jesus with a "goodly fragrance." Ephesians 5:1-2 says, "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering [...]
Noel is "a term signifying the holiday season. Noel comes to us form the Latin verb "nasci," meaning to be born. A variation of (the word natalis), "nael," made its way into Old French as a reference to the Christmas season and later into Middle English as "nowel” (Etymology of Noel). Yesterday we talked about [...]
This Advent hymn centers around the shepherds who were the first to hear the glorious, angelic proclamation of Christ's birth. As mentioned in a previous Advent post, these shepherds were not ordinary shepherds. The more I’ve studied this, the more I’m in awe of how God orchestrated the Christmas story. Rabbi Jason Sobel says of [...]
This favorite Advent hymn has a surprising origin that I want to take some time to share. It was written by Placide Cappeau of France in 1847. Placide suffered a terrible accident at the age of 8 when a playmate shot him in the hand by mistake . He ended up losing his hand as [...]
This Advent hymn by Emily S. Elliott is one of my favorites. Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly power when Thou camest to earth for me: but in Bethlehem's home there was found no room for Thy holy nativity! O come to my heart Lord Jesus, there is room in my heart for [...]
Written in 1849 by Edmund Sears, this Advent hymn spans from the night of Christ's birth to the New Heaven and New Earth. The angels’ song (message of the gospel) is still sounding forth today, but the noise of this world drowns it out. The world's noise can be terribly distracting, and if we are [...]
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