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Loving the Church in Our Songs

Since we couldn’t help our children fully appreciate the importance of being gathered together with the local church every Lord’s Day, we began to sing hymns about the church.

Written by Nicholas T. Batzig | Monday, May 4, 2020

There are so many theologically rich hymns about both the Church universal and the local church that we can be teaching our children. Though each of these are uniquely suited to reflect the biblical teaching about the glory of Christ among His people, my wife and I specifically chose to sing Timothy Dwight’s “I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord” until we are able to gather again with God’s people in worship.

 

Upon the news of a statewide “stay in place” order, our family started singing hymns in family worship that specifically focused on the church. Of course, we didn’t stop singing hymns about Christ. After all, Jesus is our God and Savior, Redeemer, Deliverer, Prophet, Priest, King, Shepherd, Brother, and Friend; and, He is the Bridegroom of the Church–which He purchased with His own blood. However, since we couldn’t help our children fully appreciate the importance of being gathered together with the local church every Lord’s Day, we began to sing hymns about the church.

There are so many theologically rich hymns about both the Church universal and the local church that we can be teaching our children. You may be familiar with S.J. Stone’s “The Church’s One Foundation,” John Newton’s “Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken,” and William Walsham How’s “For All the Saints.” However, there are also lesser known hymns such as Bryan-Jeffery Leech’s “We Are God’s People” and Thomas Benson Pollock’s “Jesus, with Thy Church Abide.” Though each of these are uniquely suited to reflect the biblical teaching about the glory of Christ among His people, my wife and I specifically chose to sing Timothy Dwight’s “I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord” until we are able to gather again with God’s people in worship.

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