[Jerry_M]

I am sorry that you have grown tired of the message of "A Mighty Fortress is Our God". I plan to enjoy it for all eternity.

I never tire of it, nor, with few exceptions, the 600+ other hymns contained in the 1991 Baptist Hymnal, nor the ones contained in the 1974 and 1956 versions of the same Hymnal that didn't make the most recent cut, as well as those contained in the 1940's Broadman Hymnal.

I also appreciate a smaller number of contemporary praise choruses, but find that many of them are without substance.

It is my contention, along with the hymn writer, that the "new song" will be the "old, old story", and that believers will never tire of it.

[11th Earl of Mar]

I have no problem with people using the Baptist hymnal.

And I certainly hope that people who sing those songs each week actually do enjoy them.

But I also hope the Baptists acknowledge that not everybody likes their style of music.

[11th Earl of Mar]

I got interupted and forgot where I was...

I am sorry that you have grown tired of the message of "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"

I never said I was tired of the "message" of Mighty Fortress, only the song. There are lots of twentieth century songs with the same message.

Maybe... "The Lord God is a sun and shield, he gives grace and glory..."

There are many others which are too numerous to post.