"Hymn texts that have appeared in most hymnals and are still in use today.” The category of “classical hymns” also includes songs such as “In Christ Alone,” at seven years old, one of the younger ...

Edward Mote was a 19th-century English pastor and hymn writer best known for penning the lyrics to My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less. Born in 1797, he overcame a godless upbringing and became a Baptist ...

Musician Harry Connick Jr. has released a new album titled “Alone With My Faith." Courtesy photo (RNS) — Even Harry Connick Jr.’s iconic, New Orleans croon can’t hide just how meaningful making his ...

Randall Black has fond memories of growing up singing in a small church. He recalls the hymns offered up at Carbondale’s Grace United Methodist Church, and he remembers the way those songs were sung. ...

Hymns are an ancient form of religious song, going back to the odes of ancient Greece. Larry Sledge is concerned that the classic Christian hymns of the last three centuries, with their marriage of ...

M0NTEVALLO, Alabama -- A brass band in front of the First Baptist Church of Montevallo during the city's Art Walk two weeks ago blasted out a medley of classic Christian hymns played on trumpets, ...