O Hallelujah!
I was delighted to happen upon this new song. While looking for a certain other song in an old hymnal, this one popped up, like buried treasure — a find that makes me want to say, “Hallelujah!” Please give it Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Dale Reichel
Keep Telling It
“That I may raise my voice in thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works.” (Psalm 26:7) Here in Psalm 26 David approaches the altar and he tells of two things he aims to do — 1) to give thanks Continue Reading →
All Things Bright And Beautiful
If you are looking for “Bible lessons and songs for kids of all ages”, this song is a good candidate. The idea to use songs to augment “sermons” has been around for a long time. Lyrics for this song were Continue Reading →
Give Me Jesus
This song dates back at least to the mid 1800’s. It has been published in print and through recordings many times, with a wide variety of lyrics, melodies and arrangements. Many lean toward pensive and somber. Some are a bit Continue Reading →
Christ Arose
It has been said, “Jesus Christ did not come to make bad people good; he came to make dead people alive.” Good news: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! MUCH GLADNESS! Give this classic gospel hymn a listen, then come back and we’ll talk Continue Reading →
No, Not One
It is human nature for a person to enjoy a variety of things. It is not hard to imagine that the same person who enjoys a fancy dinner of filet mignon followed by an evening at the opera might also, Continue Reading →
Once For All
Here is another song by musician/evangelist Philip P. Bliss. (He also wrote “Let The Lower Lights Be Burning” — a visually rich plea for believers be lights in this world, partnering with the Father, to guide seekers to salvation through Continue Reading →
Let Jesus Answer It
Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 23:24). If this were a government or even another human speaking, we would Continue Reading →
Love God With All Your Soul
Isaac Watts lived about three hundred years ago in England and has been called the “Godfather of English Hymnody”. He did not earn that title for writing the most songs ever. Though Watts wrote a respectable 750 hymns, a younger Continue Reading →
You’re OUT!
It is hard for us to understand how on earth it could have made sense to Adam and Eve to disobey God’s clear instructions and exchange life in Paradise for death and destruction. Once again the Bible comes to our Continue Reading →