Wedding Scripture and Song: Singing and Savoring Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe 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
Reading Time: 19 minutesThe 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
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhat 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
Reading Time: 12 minutesFind out why performances of Handel’s Messiah caused a stir of controversy in 1784.
Hell, Hallelujahs, and Beautiful Feet in Handel’s Messiah: Theological Reflections on Part II Scenes 2–7
Reading Time: 6 minutesPart II of Handel’s Messiah builds towards an exultant “Hallelujah!” What merits such praise?
The Messiah and Psalm 22: A Carol of The King
Reading Time: 15 minutesDo you hear that sound? It’s God’s Messiah King, screaming in the dark. Merry Christmas. It’s the carol of the King.
My Whole Being Rejoices: The Resurrection in Handel’s Messiah
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhile 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
Reading Time: 9 minutesIsaiah 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
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere is an already, not-yet kingdom that will endure for eternity. Jesus Christ came as its king.
Psalm 22 in Handel’s Messiah
Reading Time: 4 minutesCharles 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?
An Interactive Edition of Handel’s Messiah
Reading Time: 12 minutesTaste, see, and hear for yourself the glory of Christ in Handel’s Messiah.
Setting our Affections on the Good News of Great Joy
Reading Time: 6 minutesHow can a familiar gospel passage bring us great joy this Christmas?
