Suggested by Erlene: The Lighthouse, by John Starnes. “If it wasn’t for the lighthouse, then where would this ship be?”
Tag: John Starnes
By Request, ‘Midnight Cry’
Erlene asked for this one: The Midnight Cry, by John Starnes.
And hey, everybody! We’re waiting for your Christmas hymn requests. We need for this Christmas to have extraordinary power to draw people’s hearts to Christ–and I think the music helps with that, so let’s get cracking.
‘When He Was on the Cross, I Was on His Mind’
Requested by Erlene: John Starnes singing When He Was on the Cross, I Was on His Mind.
As a challenge to the spirit, try to imagine hearing the Gospel now for the very first time, never having heard a word of it before. What in our own lives can prepare us for the savagery of the Crucifixion? How are we to measure that against the pure goodness of Jesus Christ? There are some parts of this fallen world where people can imagine such things easily. We in America are blessed in that we can’t.
No–our greatest peril is to fall into the trap of taking Jesus Christ for granted. I don’t know about you, but I have to shock myself out of that from time to time.
By Request, ‘When He Was on the Cross’
John Starnes performs When He Was on the Cross I Was on His Mind. You requested it, Erlene, so here it is. Listen to the lyrics, everybody.
By Request, ‘The Lighthouse’
I think I may have posted this once before, but Erlene asked for it today, so here it is–The Lighthouse, performed by John Starnes. Some of these pictures, by the way, are gorgeous.
Christian Music, ‘The Lighthouse’
Suggested by Erlene, here’s John Starnes singing The Lighthouse.
What’s the difference between “Christian music” and a hymn? I think it’s only that hymns are in a hymnal and “Christian music” isn’t.
And I wonder how many of our beloved classic hymns would make it into the hymnals, if they were written nowadays.
By Request, ‘I Asked the Lord’
I was going to save this for tomorrow, but on second thought, why not now? I Asked the Lord, by John Starnes–what a glorious singing voice God has given him.
Diane, you asked for it, and here it is.