The Watchman's Bagpipes

One of my favorite hymns is “And Can It Be?” —It’s a wonderful statement of the Gospel. But what happens in a Calvinist hymnal? Here is the ...

Sunday, as the Pastor ended his teaching, he said we would now sing a great hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God . I noticed on the bullet...

This was addressed somewhat in a post back on 1/25/11 , but since we sang this song in church yesterday, I’m going to address it again, w...

We’ve been doing a lot of traveling this past week or so, with band practice, visiting friends, and a 600-mile round trip to an aviation ...

When it comes to Christmas, you’d think the traditional carols would be the standard music for the worship service.  There are so very ma...

Musicians just can’t leave traditional Christian hymns alone.  They just have to abuse them to make their own money off of them!  And why...

One of my favorite hymns is Isaac Watts’ When I Survey the Wondrous Cross when sung to Lowell Mason’s tune “Hamburg.”  But as with other ...