Welcome to the longest-running conflict in church history: The Hymns vs. Choruses War no smoke, no artillery — just organs, guitars, and very strong opinions about what the angels in heaven probably prefer. But beneath the humor lies a real and pastoral question: What kind of music actually builds up the Body of Christ?

Henry Vaughan’s voice rings across the centuries with clarity and consolation. In “They Are All Gone into the World of Light” he gives us a vision of death not as an end, but as a radiant passage. In “My Soul, There Is a Country” he directs us to our true homeland in Christ* (4BC - 30AD) the eternal fortress of peace.