In this series, I explore some of the very modern worship songs as an old guy 😀.
Select the arrow for my “general intro” (which I’m reusing for all the modern hymns that I explore)
I grew up with rock music, so it’s not such a shocking thing for me to explore these. Back in my earlier years as a Christian, we had the old hymns and some modern choruses that originated in the 1970s charismatic movement. As time went on, I started to prefer the older hymns.
Nowadays, I try to maintain an interest in all Christian music. It’s easy to find “trendy” Christian music annoying, even as a Christian 😀. I don’t know why. But I’m trying to overcome that prejudice. Perhaps the older hymns give us a sense of history, but many of these would have been similar to popular music of their day. So maybe people cringed when they first heard some of these too 😀.
Anyway, today’s hymn is Phil Wickham’s Great Things. It’s from 2018.
I remember a similarly titled song that was sung in the charismatic scene back in the early 1980s. It’s not easy to find these older “new” songs, but here’s a version that I found on YouTube. Happy days!
So, I’d better allow myself to be dragged back into 2026 😀. Phil Wickham’s song is very different but is directed to the same God who has done great things.
Psalm 126:3
The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
I love the chorus. It speaks of Christ’s resurrection, but also of our own spiritual resurrection here and now, which will end in our physical resurrection when he returns. We’ll have transformed bodies. Perhaps it’s a little like getting a brand new computer. You transfer all the best of your old stuff and delete the junk.
Oh, Hero of Heaven, You conquered the grave
You free every captive, and break every chain
Oh, God, You have done great things
I sometimes wish that I’d not have this old body again, but then again, if it’s utterly transformed, things will be different. I wouldn’t want to be an entirely different person. I still want to be me but a super, perfect, happy, handsome me.
Phil 3:20-21
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Anyway, back to the here and now with all my pains and aches 😀. Here are some interesting versions of today’s song.
Hibernia Gospel 