An Irish personal evangelistic site. I'm not representing a particular church, but it's broadly evangelical in tone. My aim is to cover topics I've encountered in discussions I've had over the years, mainly here in Ireland..
Hymns and memories of specific years or hymn categories
God’s holiness means that He is separate from anything impure, and His holiness calls people to reflect His character by striving for righteousness and purity. It also entails that God is incomparable to any other thing. Even in heaven, when all sin will be erradicated forever, we will be in awe of God’s holiness. In … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Holy
Hymns published in 1990 include the following: We Are Marching in the Light of God became popular in North America in 1990, but this South African Zulu song goes back much further. 1990 in South Africa saw the official start of the process of ending Apartheid. Nelson Mandela was freed in February 1990. I was more … Continue reading Hymns: 1990 Memories
So, we’ve come to the end of the 1980s. And that year, I came to the end of my secular work. I started working with Baptist Missions Ireland in Limerick Baptist Church in 1989, alongside our Pastor, who, at the time, was also a Baptist Missions worker. A memorable book published in 1989 was Will … Continue reading Hymns: 1989 Memories
Well, Irish isn’t really a theme, it’s more of a category. And what constitutes an Irish hymn? I think of hymns with Irish-sounding tunes and hymns written by Irish people. Maybe more come from Northern Ireland than the Republic, but from a spiritual point of view, as with rugby, Ireland has one team 😀. Irish-sounding … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Irish Hymns
My big memory of 1988 was getting married and moving from Cork to Limerick. Of course, I’d been up and down over the years, and in all honesty, I much prefer Cork 🙂. But it’s only down the road really, and I live on the Cork side of Limerick. For our wedding, we chose the … Continue reading Hymns: 1988 Memories
As Christians, our lives in this world can end in two ways. Either we die and go to heaven or else we’ll be around when Jesus comes back and takes all his people to be with himself. Here the apostle Paul anticipates his death: Phil 1:21-2421 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Future
As I keep stating, most of my vivid memories of being introduced to new hymns and songs come from the early 1980s. In Baptist churches, we liked the older hymns, but some of the newer ones did drift in from time to time. I was introduced to three of them in the summer of 1987, … Continue reading Hymns: 1987 Memories
So many hymns touch on the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, but few are wholly focused on it. The resurrection is at the very core of the Christian faith. It comes at the end of the gospels, but the book of Acts, and what follows, touches on it again and again. Somone once asked … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Resurrection
I don’t have many musical memories from 1986, at least not from hymns. One song that I remember very vividly around the time of my final exams was Spirit in the Sky by Doctor and the Medics. I didn’t think of it as any kind of a Christian song, and I found it irritating, but … Continue reading Hymns: 1986 Memories
Although, by 1985, I’d become more traditional and conservative in my outlook, I still fondly remembered the newer choruses that I’d been introduced to in the first few years of my Christian life. In early 1985, someone asked me to speak at the Christian Union in Ashton Comprehensive school in Cork. During my talk, I … Continue reading Hymns: 1985 Memories
Hibernia Gospel 