4.1 David Schrock • Christ Over All in 2025: A Preview
Hear what, God willing, lies ahead for Christ Over All in the year of our Lord 2025.
Re-clothing Handel with the Truths of History In Order to Reclaim Him from the Hands of Queer Theory
Reality would like to have a word with those who seek to revise history by queering George Frideric Handel.
From Scripture to Song—A Guide for Musicians
Handel’s Messiah is a beautiful example of setting the words of the Bible to music. How can Christian musicians today faithfully seek to do this well?
The Triumph of the Messiah and the Hope of Resurrection: Handel’s Messiah, Part III
Why does the key of G-minor sorrow give way to D-major exultation? Because the divine Messiah, the Christ, has risen from Death’s hand victorious over sin and the grave!
Wedding Scripture and Song: Singing and Savoring Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”
The Hallelujah Chorus is the most famous section in the most famous oratorio . . . but what is it all about?
Ascension in Messiah: Four Glorious Effects of Christ’s Heavenly Enthronement
The ascension is a doctrine that should make our hearts sing and our souls pray. Consider its enormous theological implications with us in Messiah.
Handel’s Messiah: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise
What happens when the Bible becomes mere entertainment? When non-Christians celebrate biblical music without any conviction or belief, how should Christians respond?
Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel
Find out why performances of Handel’s Messiah caused a stir of controversy in 1784.
My Whole Being Rejoices: The Resurrection in Handel’s Messiah
While we enjoy Handel’s Messiah at Christmastime, the Easter message of Christ’s resurrection is beautifully woven into its biblical selections.
The Servant of Servants: How All God’s Promises Will Be Yes
Isaiah 53 describes the turning point of salvation history—and the turning point of Handel’s Messiah. How are all God’s promises guaranteed in Christ?
At Last, the King: Handel’s Messiah Sections 18–21
There is an already, not-yet kingdom that will endure for eternity. Jesus Christ came as its king.
Psalm 22 in Handel’s Messiah
Charles Jennens, the text-selector of Handel’s Messiah, applied the agonies of Psalm 22 to Christ. Was he being sloppy with the Old Testament, or was he chasing down a thread of biblical theology?
