JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part Four)

Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far And grace will lead me home When we hear the phrase “amazing grace,” we often think of saving grace, the grace that God displays when He saves sinners and brings us out of the domain of darkness...

JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part Three)

Photo by Artem Sapegin on Unsplash ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! This second verse of Amazing Grace might seem a little strange to some. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear? What is that supposed...

JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part Two)

Photo by Bill Fairs on Unsplash Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see This hymn’s first verse is so familiar to most Americans, yet it’s so packed with theology that if we just understand the words, it will change...

JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part One)

How Sweet and Aweful is the Place, the first hymn we looked at, is a song that many people probably don’t know (or at least don’t hear very often). So this time we’re turning to a hymn that nearly everyone with a Christian background knows. Amazing Grace was written by John Newton, a pastor in...

JTTH: How Sweet and Aweful is the Place (Part Four)

This is the fourth post in the Journey Through the Hymns series, and we’re still on the first hymn. But I’m really, really going to try to buckle down and wrap this one up this time, I promise. Just bear with me. Okay. Here we go. Let’s look at the final two verses of this...

JTTH: How Sweet and Aweful is the Place (Part Three)

Last time we didn’t get through unpacking this hymn, so I said we’d pick up on the fourth verse. However, I maybe should have clarified that we would only do the fourth verse. Yes, this hymn is taking more time to get through than I originally thought it would, but there’s just so much here...

JTTH: How Sweet and Aweful is the Place (Part Two)

Photo by Arvid Knutsen on Pexels.com Last time, we only looked at the lyrics to this hymn, but now that we’ve gotten our bearings, we’re going to dive a little deeper and get into the words themselves.     Just to warn you, I happen to be one of those people who can’t get on with life...

JTTH: How Sweet and Aweful is the Place (Part One)

This hymn is one of my favorite songs ever. Actually, it probably is my favorite. I actually didn’t hear it until I was around twelve or thirteen, but ever since then I listen to it whenever I can (which is why I’m glad we sing it a lot at my church). It was penned by...

Introduction to the Journey Through the Hymns Series

This is the introduction to a new series I'll begin next week.