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40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning

We treasure hymns for their messages of comfort or conviction or for their associations with beloved believers and meaningful events. But many hymns are also powerful works of devotional ...

40 Favorite Hymns for the Christian Year A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning

For generations, Christians have celebrated holidays and seasons with special songs. We all have favorite Christmas carols or Easter hymns, and some of us associate certain hymns with ev...

All Four Worship Books 4 Book Set

40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning

Every hymn begins its life as a poem—and we can give our favorite hymns fresh life by returning to their poetic roots. This anthology of several centuries’ worth of great hymn...

Poetry of Redemption An Illustrated Treasury of Good Friday and Easter Poems

A beautiful 40-day illustrated devotional of classic literature. God’s eternal redemptive plan came to fruition in the events of a tumultuous handful of days. In the two thousand ye...

40 Favorite Hymns Set 3-Volume Set

English professor Leland Ryken invites us to slow down and experience our favorite hymns as powerful works of devotional poetry. The themed volumes in this collection provide historical b...

A Treasury of Thanksgiving Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise

A beautiful 40-day illustrated devotional of classic literature. Giving thanks to God is a yearlong Christian practice. In this lavishly illustrated anthology, Leland Ryken presents forty...

Poetry of Redemption An Illustrated Treasury of Good Friday and Easter Poems

God’s eternal redemptive plan came to fruition in the events of a tumultuous handful of days. In the two thousand years since, believers have sought to express the horror of Christ&...

A Treasury of Thanksgiving Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise

Giving thanks to God is a yearlong Christian practice. In this lavishly illustrated anthology, Leland Ryken presents forty of the greatest, most enduring thanksgiving texts of the English...

A Treasury of Nature Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise

A beautiful 40-day illustrated devotional of classic literature. Calvin, Spurgeon, and Luther appear alongside Wordsworth, Twain, and Emerson in a vibrant celebration of God's creation. R...