If you love hymns, you may be interested in History of Hymnody taught by Kevin Twit, founder of Indelible Grace . This course at Covenant Theological Seminary is available for online listening or free download if you set up an account. There are nine lectures that cover the history of hymns from the early church forward. I'm two-thirds the way through, and it has been fascinating. Here are some tidbits from the course: - Listen to the original tune to A Might Fortress is Our God as it would have been sung in Luther's day. - There was a period of 1000 years before the Reformation where congregational singing was forbidden by the Catholic Church. Only trained priests and singers were allowed to sing Gregorian chant in Latin. - Calvin did not approve of harmony in church services because he wanted the church to be unified in its praise to God. He also disapproved of choirs and special music - anything that would make the believer feel like a spectator. - In the 1500...