Don’t You Know?
“Don’t you know? Didn’t you hear?” If a friend said that to you or me, it would probably get our attention. How much more should we perk up when “The LORD … the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Dale Reichel
Great Day Came — Pentecost
Here’s an eye opener: Acts 2 begins, “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come …” What’s this “fully come” thing? Pentecost was literally as old as Moses! Yet something remarkable happened on that particular Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. We get the idea from scripture that God Almighty had been on the edge of His seat looking forward to THAT Pentecost since the beginning. Continue Reading →
Pentecost Song
Pentecost is a bit like Christmas in a few ways. For starters, the dates we celebrate both are not the exact calendar day the original event occurred, but rather are based on tradition. Both celebrate birthdays (of Jesus and of Continue Reading →
The Very Same Power
There are lots and lots of Christmas songs, many Easter songs — and a few Pentecost songs. Maybe if more people knew what it is we celebrate at Pentecost, we’d have more songs about it. “The Very Same Power” is Continue Reading →
Secret Of Radiant Living
Here is a new song based on a classic teaching. One of the great abilities God designed into our minds is the power to direct our own thinking and concentrate on something for a long time. Colossians refers to this Continue Reading →
Gracious To Give
“Comfort, comfort My people… Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem, and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that Continue Reading →
Near To The Heart Of God
This peaceful song was written in 1903, the same year the Wright Brothers made aviation history at Kitty Hawk, but remained relatively unpublished for its first thirty years. Around the early 1930’s its reach grew, and by now it has Continue Reading →
He Arose
Who can count the songs that have been written about — or because of — the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Our song “He Arose” is one of them. This is a bright, attractive song. It carries many teaching topic ideas Continue Reading →
Were You There
I’ve known this song a long time, but not as a song I would especially care to sing solo. That’s because I’ve experienced “Were You There” mostly by hearing recordings of awesome singers like Tennessee Ernie Ford and Mahalia Jackson, Continue Reading →
The Very Same Jesus
I found this song in “dusty old archives”. The only information on this song is in the form of a photo of a page from an old songbook. The label under the photo reads “Salvation Army Music: (formerly published as Continue Reading →