King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical ...

As a church musician, I've been known to program what I thought were familiar Charles Wesley hymns, only to find my non-Methodist song leaders tongue-tied by the ambitious melodies and ...

For nearly a century, Christians of all stripes have been raising “The Old Rugged Cross” as a musical standard. Many know the composer was a man named George Bennard. Few, however, realize that his ...

“There is music in my soul today, for when the Lord is near, the dove of peace sings in my heart, the flow’rs of grace appear. …” –From the gospel song “Sunshine in My Soul,” written in 1887 by Eliza ...

Four hundred years ago, the ancestors of the song leaders who recently gathered in an Ephrata-area church likely would have sung the same hymns in the same way. They would have been sung in German, ...

At 28 years old, musician Matthew Smith is not following the latest trends in popular music. Instead, his style of music is from the old school - the really old school. At first listen, Smith's music ...

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