Sean McDowell joins Garrick and Timothy to talk about love, sacrifice, superheroes, and resurrection. Then, Garrick and Timothy go looking for transcendent truth in the Grammy Award-winning classic “Hotel California.” Along the way, they talk about Sehnsucht, plagiarism, and that one time when Timothy was looking for the founder of the Church of Satan but couldn’t find him.
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Podcast: What Is Apologetics? + “The Age of Aquarius”
Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Three Chords and the Truth is a new podcast that brings together apologetics, theology, and the history of rock and roll. In the Three Chords segment of this week’s program, Garrick Bailey and I talk about what apologetics is and why Christians should care about it; […]
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Church History: The Words That Once Preceded “Amazing Grace”
John Newton, author of the hymn lyrics now known as “Amazing Grace,” was born on July 24, 1725. While doing some research related to Newton, I ran across another set of lyrics that are equally powerful but far less familiar. First off, a few little-known facts about “Amazing Grace”: * The original title wasn’t “Amazing […]
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The Unsung Stanzas of “Amazing Grace”
This day would have been my father’s seventy-seventh birthday. One year ago, he celebrated the day of his birth at our dining room table; now, he has been nine months gone. Much emptiness still remains where he once was. As far back as I can remember, my father’s favorite hymn was “Amazing Grace.” I do […]
[Read More...]The Forgotten Hymn That Once Preceded “Amazing Grace”
While doing some research related to the writer of the lyrics now know as the hymn “Amazing Grace,” I ran across another set of lyrics that are equally powerful but far less familiar. First off, a few little-known facts about “Amazing Grace”: * The original title wasn’t “Amazing Grace” at all but “Faith’s Review and […]
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