Book Of The Month For March 2022: Eternal Anthems: The Story Behind Your Favorite Hymns
Eternal Anthems: The Story Behind Your Favorite Hymns
by Concordia Publishing House
2022 / Paperback / 224 Pages
Overview
Have you wondered why our beloved hymns were written? What influenced the writers to craft these words that proclaim the Gospel?
Learn more about the words you love to sing in Eternal Anthems: The Story Behind Your Favorite Hymns.
Drawn from Companion to the Hymns, Eternal Anthems is brimming with rich history passed down through generations of Christians, with devotional commentary and historical facts from forty different contributing authors on fifty different hymns.
Features
50 Hymns
40 Contributing Authors
Full Printed Hymn Text
Indexes
Featured Hymns
Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia · Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice · O Sacred Head, Now Wounded · A Mighty Fortress Is Our God · Thy Strong Word · Go, My Children, with My Blessing · Built on the Rock · Now Thank We All Our God
Contributing Authors
Erik Ankerberg · Paul F. Becker · Mark Bender · David O. Berger · Kent J. Burreson · Albert B. Collver · William M. Cwirla · Mark DeGarmeaux · Samuel J. Eatherton · Charles D. Ferry · Eric C. Forss · Victor E. Gebauer · Henry V. Gerike · Daniel Jay Grimminger · David P. Held · Marion Lars Hendrickson · Joseph Herl · Kevin Hildebrand · A. A. Just Jr. · Benjamin A. Kolodziej · Kenneth T. Kosche · Walter E. Krueger · Thomas E. Lock · Matthew Lorfeld · John W. Matthews Jr. · Robert J. H. Mayes · M. Joshua Osbun · William H. Otte · Todd A. Peperkorn · Richard Resch · Sandra Rhein · Carl F. Schalk · Ralph C. Schultz · Harold L. Senkbeil · Richard J. Serina Jr. · J. H. Sorenson · Stephen P. Starke · D. Richard Stuckwisch · Jacob Sutton · Jon D. Vieker · Randall P. Wurschmidt · Daniel Zager
Have you considered adding the Lutheran Service Book to your daily devotional practices? Here is a video that Rev. Ted Giese had recorded in 2020 with a story and his recommendation for using the Lutheran Service Book:
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