He eventually answered a call to ministry and while preparing a sermon wrote the original words to “Come Thou Fount.” Most hymnals have revised the song down to three verses from the original five. What he heard that night hit him hard, hounding him for the next three years. Robinson and some buddies decided they would go down and check this evangelical meeting out for a few laughs. He was 17 when an evangelist named George Whitefield came to London. Born in 1735, he was always a difficult and rambunctious child whose parents eventually shipped him off to London at age 14 to take an apprenticeship with a barber. Here are ten Christian songs about grace. If that doesn’t create in you a worshipful spirit, nothing will! But His mercy triumphs over judgment and gives us what we could never earn. It’s a startling thing to fall into the hands of God with absolutely nothing of value to make us deserving of His kindness. Many people believe that grace is a project where one is expected to earn their keep and prove their merit. The fact that God pours blessing out on an undeserving humanity makes the cross the most shocking and beautiful expression of love imaginable. Grace might be the New Testament’s central idea.
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