Editor’s note: We asked the question, “What songs should churches sing that teach their people sound doctrine?” Below, we’ve recorded several responses.
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Matt Merker
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
This hymn by Charles Wesley is so much more than a Christmas carol. It is perhaps one of the most moving and poetic summaries of the doctrine of Christology in the English language: “Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity.”
“God Moves in a Mysterious Way”
This hymn by William Cowper is brutally honest about the storms of this life, yet it also summarizes the doctrine of providence and beckons us to trust in our faithful, sovereign God.
“Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face”
This Horatius Bonar hymn is my favorite on the Lord’s Supper. Rich in its imagery and deep in its theology, the text expresses the wonder of communion with Christ and concludes with an amazing verse on substitutionary atonement: “Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness; mine is the guilt, but thine the cleansing blood.”
Drew Hodge
“Before the Throne of God Above”
Written by Charitie Lees Bancroft, this is a wonderful hymn of assurance. If a
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