Polycarp of Smyrna
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Te Deum Landamus: “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” What’s the greatest hymn in […]
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A few years ago, some folks in Florida gave me an 1894 edition of […]
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The little city of Salzburg, Austria, could be called the most musical town on earth […]
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Every church I know has Bible studies. Why not devote a few weeks studying the […]
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Today as I’ve been working on Then Sings My Soul Book 3 I came across […]
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I don’t normally read old funeral sermons, let alone quote them. But yesterday while researching […]
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You know about “Good King Wenceslas” from the Christmas carol. But do you realize the […]
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After years of waffling about it, I’ve finally decided to add a third and final […]
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Isaac Watts was a lifelong bachelor (he once proposed to a girl, was turned down). […]
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