To view the entire 2011 Christmas Carol Advent check out our Christmas Carol Advent index page.
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Story Behind the Song
Written by Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, A Christmas Hymn first appeared on Amy Grant’s first Christmas CD appropriately titled “A Christmas Album.” It was released in 1983.
To view the entire 2011 Christmas Carol Advent check out our Christmas Carol Advent index page.
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To view the entire 2011 Christmas Carol Advent check out our Christmas Carol Advent index page.
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To view the entire 2011 Christmas Carol Advent check out our Christmas Carol Advent index page.
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Story Behind the Song
A couple of years back, I created a Christmas Carol Advent to count down the days until Christmas in song. In that advent, I concentrated primarily (though not exclusively) on more traditional Christmas music. This year, I thought I would update things a little bit and concentrate primarily on more contemporary songs. There is some overlap. I haven’t counted exactly, but I think there are four or five songs that appear in each. This year, we’re also adding a bonus song on December 26. Each song includes a video, a little information about the song, some commentary from yours truly, some questions for further reflection or discussion and the lyrics. I hope you enjoy the 2011 installment of the Christmas Carol advent. You can follow all the action on our 2011 Christmas Carol Advent Page (which you will note looks a lot like this post with links to the songs 
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This post was originally published on December 23, 2008. I have updated the story a bit and thought is was worth posting again. So, here goes, and Merry Christmas!
Every year in our family, we recount the Christmas story. Some years we do it with music, other years we read a story book, and one year the kids put on a puppet show complete with music! This year, we’re going back to the source of the story, and the source of all knowledge and wisdom, the Word of God. I thought I would share it with you. The story itself is fairly long, but God’s story is worth the time!
Biblical passages are all footnoted. As best I recall, all biblical passage are from the ESV. Originally, this story was comprised only of passages directly from the Bible. I have updated it to include some transitional statements between verses. These are shown in italics.
The story of Christmas started a long long time ago. In fact, the story of Christmas began with the beginning of time. Continue Reading…