Yesterday was Holocaust Remembrance Day for the Jews, called Yom Hashoah. The U.S. had a day of remembrance a couple of months ago, but that day came and went without much comment. Coincidentally, today happens to be a day when a mass grave of Jews found in Poland was announced in 1943. This mass grave, …
Tag: Truth
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
What sort of songs should we be singing in worship? This debate has been going on for some time. I have known people who think this or that type of music should be sung and another that or this type. I have known people who refused to go to services because they played contemporary music. …
Defending the Faith: Science and Racism
I find it incredible how often secular scientists get so close to the truth and yet end up right where they started - rejecting the authority of God's Word. I recently came across an article in National Geographic (NatGeo) that disturbed me. The article was There's No Scientific Basis for Race - It's a Made-Up Label by Elizabeth Kolbert. Now …
Hymns: “Go to Dark Gethsemane”
"Go to Dark Gethsemane", a traditional hymn of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, was written by James Montgomery. Montgomery was born in Scotland in 1771. He worked as a newspaper editor and wrote around 400 hymns and poems during his life. Another well-known hymn of his was "Angels from the Realms of Glory". Though he …
Hymns: “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”
"All Glory, Laud, and Honor" is a hymn traditionally sung on Palm Sunday. Though the words, of course, reference the passages of Scripture about the Triumphal Entry and were written for that day, the story goes that this hymn only became known because of an Emperor's change of heart. This hymn was written by a …
Madelyn Rose Craig 