Lifespring! HymnStories

Hosted BySteve Webb

The stories behind the great Christian hymns, after which you will hear a version of the hymn performed by some of the most talented musicians and singers.

All Episodes

HS36: Lifespring! HymnStories “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen”

June 13, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:09:16

This old “Negro Spiritual” shares a very important place in American...

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HS35: Lifespring! HymnStories “Day By Day”

June 10, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:07:02

Written by the “Fanny Crosby of Sweden”, Karolina W. Sandell-Berg, this...

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HS34: Lifespring! HymnStories “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

June 1, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:06:30

(We did this hymn back on Episode 5, but we did...

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HS33: Lifespring! HymnStories “To God Be The Glory”

May 19, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:09:55

One of Fanny Crosby’s many hymns which was not at all...

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HS32: Lifespring! HymnStories “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

May 13, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:09:47

Written by Henry van Dyke in 1907, this hymn was inspired...

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HS31: Lifespring! HymnStories “Be Still, My Soul”

April 18, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:05:27

Little is known about Katharina von Schlegel, the German author of...

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HS30: Lifespring! HymnStories “In The Sweet By And By”

April 10, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:07:08

This great old hymn was written over a hundred years ago,...

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HS29: Lifespring! HymnStories “Crown Him With Many Crowns”

April 4, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:06:45

As I record this, it is Easter week, considered by many...

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HS28: Lifespring! HymnStories “Higher Ground”

March 13, 2007 OG_Godcaster 00:06:28

This hymn-prayer, written in 1898 and loosely based on Paul’s testimony...

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