Tag: K. W. Osbeck

  • CHRIST AROSE

    Amazing Grace Robert Lowry, 1826–1899 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over Him. (Romans 6:8, 9) “Alleluia, He is Risen!” “Alleluia, He is Risen Indeed!” If…

  • CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 I am the First and the Last, I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! (Revelation 1:17, 18) What a glorious truth to ponder—Jesus is not the “Great I WAS” but rather the “Great I AM!” He is not only a…

  • THE STRIFE IS O’ER

    Amazing Grace Anonymous Latin hymn from approximately 1605English translation by Francis Pott, 1832–1909 Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1…

  • THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

    Amazing Grace John of Damascus, early 8th centuryEnglish translation by John M. Neale, 1818–1866 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV) This hymn from the early eighth century is one of the oldest expressions found in most hymnals. Its origin is rooted in the liturgy…

  • ALL GLORY, LAUD, AND HONOR

    Amazing Grace Theodolph of Orleans, 760–82lTranslated by John M. Neale, 1818–1866 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”…

  • HOSANNA, LOUD HOSANNA

    Amazing Grace Jennette Threlfall, 1821–1880 Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest. (Matthew 21:9) The week preceding Easter Sunday is known as Holy or Passion Week. These seven days have been described as the most intense and important week of history.…

  • JESUS PAID IT ALL

    Amazing Grace Elvina M. Hall, 1820–1889 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18) It has been stated that all religious systems can be spelled with just two…

  • BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARY

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by John M. Moore, 1925 – 1967 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28) Today’s featured hymn was written in 1952 by one of our contemporary song writers, John M. Moore, currently a Baptist pastor and evangelist in Toronto,…

  • BENEATH THE CROSS OF JESUS

    Amazing Grace Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830–1869 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV) There is no neutral ground when we face the cross: Either we accept its atoning work and become a new person,…

  • IN THE CROSS I GLORY

    Amazing Grace John Bowring, 1792–1872 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Galatians 6:14) The cross has been the most significant symbol of the Christian faith throughout church history. It is said that as many…