Julian Keith Getty was born December 16, 1974, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. His musical training began at age eleven on the guitar and flute, with later formal studies at Durham University and Tanglewood in Massachusetts. He continued his study in conducting, arranging, and orchestrating and was helped greatly in his […]
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Often attributed as “one of the best modern examples of storytelling conveying the power of the gospel”, In Christ Alone was co-written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. Stuart on the lyric side and Getty focusing on the melody and music. What resulted from this new found collaboration was a […]
Kristyn shares on their website, the inspiration behind the writing of the hymn. In that backstory, she asks a compelling question: “Can people see the Lordship of Christ in my heart?” That’s a sobering thought. Do the lives we live attract people to Jesus, or do we repel unbelievers? Do the […]
One of the greatest struggles we each face is the search for significance. Our 21st-century sense of identity is grounded in individualism, self-entitlement, and narcissism. From whom we marry to what career choice we make to what church we attend to what we think of church music, every choice is geared around what these things do […]
One of Christianity’s distinctives is that we worship a God who has spoken – who is not silent. From God the Father, speaking the world into creation, to speaking through His Living word in Christ, to speaking by His Spirit through the written word. Throughout history the word of God […]
You have called us out of darkest nightInto Your glorious lightThat we may sing the wonders ofThe risen Christ May our every breath retell the graceThat broke into our strifeWith boundless love and deepest joyWith endless life May the peoples praise YouLet the nations be gladAll Your blessing comesThat we […]
Oh, to see the dawnOf the darkest dayChrist on the road to CalvaryTried by sinful menTorn and beaten, thenNailed to a cross of wood Oh, to see the painWritten on Your faceBearing the awesome weight of sinEv’ry bitter thoughtEv’ry evil deedCrowning Your bloodstained brow This, the pow’r of the crossChrist […]
Praise the Lord, His mercy is moreStronger than darkness, new every mornOur sins they are many, His mercy is more. What love could remember, no wrongs we have doneOmniscient all-knowing, He counts not their sumThrown into a sea, without bottom or shoreOur sins they are many, His mercy is more. […]
Facing a task unfinishedThat drives us to our kneesA need that, undiminishedRebukes our slothful easeWe, who rejoice to know TheeRenew before Thy throneThe solemn pledge we owe TheeTo go and make Thee known Where other lords beside TheeHold their unhindered swayWhere forces that defied TheeDefy Thee still todayWith none to […]
In Christ alone my hope is foundHe is my light, my strength, my songThis cornerstone, this solid groundFirm through the fiercest drought and stormWhat heights of love, what depths of peaceWhen fears are stilled, when strivings ceaseMy comforter, my all in allHere, in the love of Christ, I stand In […]
Lift high the name of Jesus,Of Jesus our King.Make known the power of His grace,The beauty of His peace.Remember how His mercy reachedAnd we cried out to Him.He lifted us to solid ground,To freedom from our sin. Oh sing my soul,And tell all He’s done,Till the earth and heavens are […]
Keith Getty is a Northern Irish Christian songwriter and hymn writer known for his significant contributions to contemporary Christian worship music. Born on December 16, 1974, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Keith has collaborated with his wife, Kristyn Getty, and other co-writers to produce a vast body of hymns and songs […]