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Near to the Heart of God: Meditations on 366 Best-Loved Hymns
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The lyrics of our favorite hymns are rich in images that can help us in our daily walk with God--they are miniature Bible studies that lead us effortlessly toward worship, testimony, exhortation, prayer, and praise. They're bursts of devotional richness with rhyme and rhythm. They clear our minds, soothe our nerves, verbalize our worship, summarize our faith, and sing our great Redeemer's praise. Bestselling author Robert J. Morgan has gathered 366 hymns, including favorites such as "Amazing Grace" and "Rock of Ages," as well as classic, lesser-known gems such as "In the Garden" and "Teach Me to Pray."
Each devotional begins with Scripture, includes a story about the hymn or its writer and the lyrics to the hymn, and ends with a prayer. An index of hymn titles and first lines is included. What better way to end your devotional reading than with a song in your heart?
Each devotional begins with Scripture, includes a story about the hymn or its writer and the lyrics to the hymn, and ends with a prayer. An index of hymn titles and first lines is included. What better way to end your devotional reading than with a song in your heart?
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Robert J. Morgan
Rob J. Morgan is the pastor of The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served for thirty-three years. He has authored more than twenty books, including The Lord Is My Shepherd, The Red Sea Rules, and Then Sings My Soul. He conducts Bible conferences, family retreats, and leadership seminars across the country. He and his wife, Katrina, live in Nashville. His website is RobertJMorgan.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The majority of the selections were quite good. Some of them seemed to not work well in bringing out the intended point, but some were moving. Overall, a nice set of daily devotional readings.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I used this as a daily devotional. Each entry includes a small passage giving background about a hymn and its writer, a hymn text, and a Bible verse. Each reading is somehow related to the day of the calendar -- the hymnwriter was born or died on that day of the year, the hymn was first published then, some major event in the hymnwriter's life happend on that date, etc. Sometimes the connection with the date is more obscure, but there's always a connection. These are very simple readings, but I enjoyed them and was refreshed by the hymn texts, both the familiar and the obscure.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I always love hymn stories, but this one is less about the hymn stories and more about the hymn writer. I wish the author had used better known hymns. I think the subtitle word "best-loved" may reflect his own position on the hymns rather than that of Christendom in general. Sometimes he used hymns that likely were not sung often even back in my grandmother's days. Many certainly did not appear in hymn books of the last 60 years. I own copies of hymnals prior to this era and did not check them, but I've pretty much memorized the contents of several hymnals dating back 50 to 65 years and never heard those. Fortunately he often told you well-known hymn tunes to which the hymns could be sung. It's still a useful book to use in daily devotional thoughts.