Hymns Make a Comeback With Top Artists

Just back from Church where we had a fantastic service, great worship, great testimonies, great sermon :) great fellowship! Praise the Lord!

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching. --Heb 10:23-25

The oldest Christian music may again become the hottest -- if the term "hot"can be applied to hymns, that is.

Over the coming months, several Christian artists will release their versions of hymns. In the recent past, that's been a job for Bill Gaither, who appealed to a decidedly older audience. Now, folk rockers Jars of Clay and Ashley Cleveland, MercyMe leader Bart Millard and urban sister trio Out of Eden, are rolling out their first takes on the classics; Amy Grant is releasing her second such project.

Trend-watchers prognosticating the next twist in modern worship may find what's next is more like "what's past." Part reaction to the worship music craze hitting a saturation point, part churchgoers' desire for more lyrical depth in their worship, hymns are poised to retake their former place in churches, and take a shot at the radio charts as well. According to many artists, it's about time

(Religion News Service, Volume 3, Number 13, April 7, 2005).