Shop by Category
Featured Product
Popular Products
Sale Items
- September 2009-August 2009 articles
Save £5.00 - May 2009-April 2010 articles
Save £5.00 - Yearly subscription September 2010-August 2011
Save £5.00 - January-December 2009
Save £5.00 - August 2009-July 2010 articles
Save £5.00 - October 2009-September 2009 articles
Save £5.00 - July 2009-June 2010 articles
Save £5.00 - November 2009-October 2010 articles
Save £5.00 - June 2009-May 2010 articles
Save £5.00 - December 2009-November 2010 articles
Save £5.00
Behind the hymn with Mark Woods
Have you ever wondered why some hymns were written?
Every month, the Revd Mark Woods, editor of The Baptist Times, explains the history of a well-known and much-loved hymn in our exclusive series.
Each article is about 400 words long and gives a real insight to many of our favourite songs of praise.
.gif "In A Byre")
This month, Mark Woods looks at In A Byre, a hymn written by the Iona Community. The work gives an overview of Jesus' life - but not the way you might expect. Mark celebrates this unique hymn with its rough and ready words.
Article extract:
THE…
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
.gif "O Sacred Head - Behind the hymn")
This month, Mark Woods looks at O Sacred Head, a hymn that focuses on Christ's crucifixion in a way that other hymns don't - and has the most beautiful choral setting.
Article extract:
The crucifixion of the Lord Je…
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
This month, Mark Woods looks at a Lent hymn, Ride On Ride On in Majesty, telling its amazing story.
Article extract
Ride On, Ride On In Majesty captures not just the irony and pathos of the event, but explores its theology …
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
.gif "Christ is risen! Hallejuah!")
This month, Mark Woods looks at an Easter hymn,
Christ is risen! Hallelujah!, created by a minister,
John Samuel Bewley Monsel. Perfect reading for your Easter magazines.
Article extract
…
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
Our monthly series looking at the stories behind much-loved hymns continues with an exploration of Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus. A fascinating look at a hymn many of you will have fond memories singing.
Article extract:
…
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
Our monthly series looking at favourite and much-loved hymns continues with a look at Isaac Watts' Jesus Shall Reign. Originally 14 verses, this is a hymn that reflects God's love for the entire world. Find out the true story behind it with t…
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
Our monthly series looking at favourite and much-loved hymns continues with a look at All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name, a hymn that's been shortened and had verses altered over the years. Find out the true story behind it with this inspiring…
£0.69 £0.50 View full details
Mark Woods tells the story behind Hail To The Lord's Anointed, a much loved Advent hymn that dates back to the 19th century.
Article extract
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed is usually sung now as an Advent hymn, but was first sung on Christma…
£0.69 View full details
Charles Wesley's much loved hymn Jesus, Lover of My Soul is under the spotlight in this hymn history.
Article extract
This hymn appeared in his Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1740. One tradition says that it was written after Charles had a narrow es…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind the hymn - When I Survey The Wondrous Cross")
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross is one of the best known Christian hymns of worship - no surprise given that it's more than 300 years old. This short history reveals the true story behind it.
Article extract
When I Survey the Wondrous Cro…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind the Hymn - All my hope on God is founded")
Mark Woods continues his exploration of old hymns with a look at one that came towards the end of the British Empire - All my hope on God is founded, by Robert Bridges
Article extract
All my hope on God is founded appeared in English in 1899 in the…
£0.69 View full details
Mark Woods continues his look at popular hymns with an exploration of At even, ere the sun had set
Article extract
The story goes that this hymn was composed in a classroom at Godolphin School in Hammersmith in 1868. Henry Twells was the headmaster…
£0.69 View full details
Mark Woods continues his exploration of much-loved hymns with a look at Heavenly Father Lead Us
Article extract:
Some hymns are almost-perfect combinations of good theology, spiritual insight and liturgical awareness. As well as getting their…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind the Hymn - Dear Lord and Father of Mankind")
Mark Woods looks at a popular hymn created by a Quaker poet
Article extract
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind is a very beautiful devotional hymn by the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). As well as being a popular poet and hymn-writer,…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind The Hymn - O come, O come Immanuel")
O come, O come Immanuel is a very popular carol. Here, Mark Woods explores its history.
Article extract
O come, O come Immanuel is one of those very great hymns which is in danger of passing out of use, at least in the evangelical Protestant tradit…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind the Hymn - I’ll praise my maker while I’ve breath")
A look behind the story of an Isaac Watts hymn.
Article extract:
More than 250 years after his death, Isaac Watts is still one of the most admired hymn-writers in the English language. Without them our language of worship would be impoverished, an…
£0.69 View full details
A look at the history of this popular hymn.
Article extract
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling is sung in almost every Christian tradition in the English-speaking world. It’s very densely written; full of theology, but with a real feeling of de…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind the Hymn - Come Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love")
One of our favourite hymns is Come Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love - but what's its story? Mark Woods knows.
Article extract
This is a hymn which is sometimes written off as a piece of Victorian sentimentality. Lots of Victorian hymns were…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind The Hymn - Great Is They Faithfulness")
One of the nation's Top 10 Hymns, Great Is Thy Faithfulness is much-loved - but how did it get written? Mark Woods has the answers
Article extract
SOME hymns are wonderful poetry, too. Others become part of our lives because they say exact…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind The Hymn - Tell Out My Soul")
Timothy Dudley-Smith is one of the greatest modern hymn writers. Here Mark Woods looks at Tell Out My Soul
Article extract:
Timothy Dudley-Smith is one of our very best modern hymn-writers, with a great gift for verse which is biblical a…
£0.69 View full details
Just mention the words O Worship The King and you're instantly singing it in your head. Mark Woods shed some light as to why.
Article extract
ONE OF the great Christian hymns, sung with gusto in every Christian tradition, is O Worship the King.…
£0.69 View full details
Anne Steele's modern hymn and it approach to Scripture is explored by Mark Woods.
Article extract
THERE aren’t too many modern hymns which deal with Scripture and focus our attention on the written Word. Perhaps there never have been, but…
£0.69 View full details
Mark Woods looks at one of the most sung songs in school assemblies...
Article extract
There are not many figures in Church history who have given as much to us in one book as John Bunyan.
The Pilgrim’s Progress was published in two parts, i…
£0.69 View full details
A much loved hymn comes under Mark Wood's microscope. What's its story?
Article extract
‘Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen.’
This resounding expressio…
£0.69 View full details
.gif "Behind The Hymn - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear")
A Christmas carol loved by many, but what's its origins? Mark Woods explains
Article extract
IT’S A Christmas favourite among many orthodox Christians. The ‘angels bending near the earth/ To touch their harps of gold’, co…
£0.69 View full details
Edwin Hatch's much-loved hymn Breathe On Me Breath of God is explored by Mark Woods this this article.
Article extract
THERE’S an Old Testament passage which would send chills up the spine if it weren’t forever associated with a com…
£0.69 View full details
Loved by rugby clubs, sung in school assemblies and a real statememt of faith... Mark Woods looks at the true story behind Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah.
Article extract
IT’S ONE of the hymns – the hymn tunes, anyway -– known as w…
£0.69 View full details
Mark Woods returns with another amazing history of a much-loved hymn. What connects Little Women with Father Hear The Prayer We Offer? Let your readers find out.
Article extract
PSALM 23 is the best loved of all the Psalms. Its promises of gre…
£0.69 View full details
Shopping Basket
Your basket is empty.
0Items in cart:
£0.00Total:
£0.00Total:
CONTACT US
Adverts
Mailing List
Subscribe to our mailing list below:
Information
Products: 530
Categories: 47
Prices: British Pounds
Categories: 47
Prices: British Pounds