For as long as people have worshipped together, music has played a key role in church life. With O Sing unto the Lord, Andrew Gant offers a fascinating history of English church music, from the Latin chant of late antiquity to the great proliferation of styles seen in contemporary repertoires. The ornate complexity of pre-Reformation Catholic liturgies revealed the exclusive nature of this form of worship. By contrast, simple English psalms, set to well-known folk songs, summed up the aims of the Reformation with its music for everyone. The Enlightenment brought hymns, the Methodists and Victorians a new delight in the beauty and emotion of worship. Today, church music mirrors our multifaceted worldview, embracing the sounds of pop and jazz along with the more traditional music of choir and organ. And reflecting its truly global reach, the influence of English church music can be found in everything from masses sung in Korean to American Sacred Harp singing. From medieval chorales to “Amazing Grace,” West Gallery music to Christmas carols, English church music has broken through the boundaries of time, place, and denomination to remain familiar and cherished everywhere. Expansive and sure to appeal to all music lovers, O Sing unto the Lord is the biography of a tradition, a book about people, and a celebration of one of the most important sides to our cultural heritage.

Profound reflections on the cross that help you to meditate on and marvel at the sacrificial love of Jesus. This book can be used as a devotional, especially during Lent and Easter. These profound reflections on the cross from David Mathis, author of The Christmas We Didn’t Expect, will help you to meditate on and marvel at Jesus’ life, sacrificial death, and spectacular resurrection-enabling you to treasure anew who Jesus is and what he has done. Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This book will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won: “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) This book can be used as a devotional. The chapters on Holy Week make it especially helpful during the Lent season and at Easter.

Warren Cleveland knew the moment he drove away from the mountain town of Smuggler's Peak he'd want to come back and visit again. Not that he'd really spent a whole lot of time there, but it was where Molli Barnes called home.Whether she realized it or not, Molli had done quite a number on him. Causing his heart to beat a little faster and his head to fill with all sorts of craziness, it was still so much for him to take in. But he liked the way she'd left him feeling. She was the breath of fresh air he'd desperately needed in his life.Molli Barnes was still trying to sort through everything that had happened when Warren Cleveland had accidentally showed up at Cliff's Landing, the mountain tavern she owned and operated. With a tear in her eye and butterflies in her stomach, Warren promised he'd be in touch. Soon. That their time spent together wasn't just a one-time ordeal. It was a weekend she wouldn't forget, not for a very long time.When Warren's phone rings just days later, he drops everything and rushes to be by her side. Not that she hadn't been truthful with him, but he quickly realized that Molli's past had left her damaged way more than she'd admitted to. But he won't abandon her, even when he finds out the ugly truth.With renewed hearts and a sense of hope, will the two of them be able to take their friendship to the next level? Or will Molli's past test their relationship in ways that neither of them were prepared for?Find out how Warren and Molli first met in Melted Hearts, the prequel in the Thunder Ridge Series. Available now. Coming later this year, Broken Hearts, book two in the series, followed by Forever Hearts.

Unique, Powerful Way All Believers Can Experience Breakthrough In the Bible, Moses sang. Miriam sang. So did Deborah, David, Mary, Paul, the angels, and so many more. The Israelites went to war singing; they sang over victories, over happy moments and hard moments. They knew something we've lost sight of: When we learn to sing God's words back to Him, we align the deepest spaces of our hearts with the deepest places of His--and we experience breakthrough. So why do we relegate singing the Word to just worship teams? Julie Meyer, a Dove-nominated artist and worship leader, has been teaching all believers how to do just this. She shows that you don't need to know how to read music or even sing in tune. All you need is Scripture and a willingness to engage God in song. As you do, you will see heartache turn into hope, despair into destiny, fear into fearlessness. You stand on the Word, pray it, and even memorize it. Now it's time to sing it.