Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church. In his new book, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns (P & R Publishing), T. David Gordon argues that modern worship choruses have ...

Sovereign Grace Music is a Christian music group known for writing worship songs with deep meaning and strong Bible truth. They’ve been making music since the 1980s and are loved in churches around ...

Keith and Kristyn Getty are an influential duo in contemporary Christian music, known for writing modern hymns with a focus on deep theology and powerful melodies. Their songs, including In Christ ...

It’s no wonder many of the church’s great prayers and meditations have been set to music through the ages. Comforting, convicting and inspiring verses are made even more stirring and memorable with ...

Music of the church, beginning with hymns and melodies stretched all the way to, and before, the reformation era in the 1500s with composer and theologian Martin Luther, has shaped and the songwriting ...

There was a time when hymns were used primarily to drive home the message that came from the pulpit. But then came the praise songs. Matt Redman's song "Our God" is the most popular piece of music in ...

A funny thing happened last summer at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. A shipment of hymn books arrived, and not by mistake. Lake Pointe is a megachurch with contemporary-style worship. Years ...

Noreen Schofield knows she did her job if her fellow parishioners leave Mass feeling better than they did when they arrived. The music she and her fellow Catholics provide each weekend at Mary, Mother ...

After ten years, modern worship music has become an established genre that’s likely be a part of Christian music for generations to come, though it’s in serious need of creative spark. Modern worship ...

The committee that chose the 250 hymns for Hymns for Worship, considered these songs “classical hymns,” said Calvin music professor Bert Polman. "Hymn texts from olden time to modern times,” ...