Thirty years ago, there was a ruckus in the United Methodist Church over its hymnody. The hymnal revision committee had recommended the removal of two well-known gospel songs with militaristic ...

The Christian life is a battleground, not a playground. We live in a world that is hostile to God and His people. The forces of Satan and evil come against us and seek to do us great harm. But God has ...

Brian McLaren, the liberal “emergent” evangelical activist, re-emerged last week to announce that he is rewriting the hymn “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” The hymn is too warlike, he writes, as is much ...

Members of the Oadby Royal British Legion club have threatened to boycott the church service across the road A church has defended the decision to replace Onward, Christian Soldiers with a more ...