‘Tis the old time religion, and it’s good enough for me. —Gospel Hymn For more and more U.S. churchgoers, that oldtime religion is losing its appeal. A trend toward more ritual and formality ...

I did find “The Old Rugged Cross,” but “Precious Memories” wasn’t in there. Yes, give me that old-time religion. Give it to me as I had it when I was a boy.

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

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(RNS) — A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

Christian music writers Ben Fielding and Chris Tomlin were approached by a historian with a Christian artifact that needed to see new life. The result is a modern-day worship song and documentary.

That joy soon turned to rage as the Fundobots discovered the Harmon K. and Big Al weren’t willing just to have ANY religion. They wanted, as the old hymn said, the “faith of our fathers ...

A Christian hymn written in 1757 by pastor Robert Robinson falls within the top 20 most covered songs of all time. Many of those renditions come from a variety of choirs.

My goal in hymn writing is not to follow a particular poetic convention, though I may stumble across one as I write. Even still, the idea of writing a hymn can be daunting. Where would you even begin?

On the morning of Sept. 16, 1924, Mr. Showalter, who by then was 66 years old, did not come down to the lobby as was his custom. The hotel staff tried to call him on the phone repeatedly, but ...