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“By all means write new songs. Each generation must do that. But to neglect the church's original hymnbook is, to put it bluntly, crazy”

Writing Mean Song Church Generations Crazy Originals Neglect New Songs

Author:N. T. Wright

“In the largest sense, every work of art is protest... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it... A hymn is a controversial song - sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out...”

Knows Years Art Song Three Church Art Is Propaganda Protest Works Of Art Three Years Controversial Hymns Lullaby Three Year Olds

Author:Pete Seeger

“Let the church come to God in the strength of a perfect weakness, in the power of a felt helplessness and a child-like confidence, and then, either she has no strength, and has no right to be, or she has a strength that is infinite. Then and thus, will she stretch out the rod over the seas of difficulty that lie before her, and the waters shall divide, and she shall pass through, and sing the song of deliverance.”

Children Lying Song Felt Water Church Perfect Sea Weakness Difficulty Infinite Divides Helplessness Deliverance

Book:Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851

Source: Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851

“I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. I'm not sure if every song will be Take Me to Church, but I can only hope that people enjoy the body of work that I have ahead of me.”

People Ifs Persons I Can Body Song Enjoy Church Not Sure Motivated Take Me

Author:Hozier

“Safe Harbor is a state of mind... its the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.”

Mind States Reality Song Church Prayer Worry Trouble Safe Garden Metaphor Beach State Of Mind Harbors Times Of Trouble Safe Harbor

Author:Luanne Rice

“If your songs connect with the fans and they pump their fists in the air and go "Yeah!!" that's when a song really works. That's the electric church of it. The glory hallelujah of it.”

Ifs Song Church Air Fans Glory Yeah Electric Fists Pumps Hallelujah

Author:Gene Simmons

“I am a person that believes in different emotions with music. Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.”

World Mind Believe May Persons Different Song Church Emotion Fields Leaving Urban Frame Of Mind Vibes Going To Church Urban Life Different Emotions

Author:Cam Newton

“I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'”

Thinking Firsts Song Jesus Church Dad My Dad Fence Baptists

Author:Aretha Franklin

“My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God.”

People Stories Song Church Profound Etc Ambivalence

Author:Rob Bell

“Jesus doesn't just want songs. He wants justice for the people on planet Earth.”

People Want Earth Christian Song Jesus Leadership Church Justice Planets Planet Earth

Author:Louie Giglio

“It's not just a song I sing with my hand raised but also with a billfold I've laid.”

Hands Christian Song Leadership Church Raised

Author:Johnny Hunt

“The enemy can steal your song.”

Christian Song Leadership Church Enemy Stealing

Author:Johnny Hunt