By Kevin Shrum
Pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville
Focal Passage: Ezekiel 11:2-4, 14-21
In 1898 Priscilla Jane Owens wrote a song that would become famous and well used in the Church. The first title of the song was, “We Have Heard the Joyful Sound.” Later it became better known by a phrase out of the chorus line of the song, “Jesus Saves, Jesus Saves.”
Owens initially wrote the song for the Scottish Sunday School Mission Anniversary meeting in 1898. She would never have dreamed it would become a standard hymn for the Church. Owens’ song reminds us that God is a saving God. We need to be reminded of this just as Ezekiel was reminded of it some 2600+ years ago. [Read more…]