Institute for Christian Worship

A Thousand Tongues to Sing:

A Symposium Celebrating the Theology and Hymns of Charles Wesley
March 10-11, 2008

Plenary Session #1: Tom Nettles (SBTS)
"Charles Wesley: Christian, Poet, Evangelist, His Brother’s Keeper" (MP3)

Plenary Session #2: Lester Ruth (Asbury Theological Seminary)
"A Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On: Why Early Methodists Parted Ways with the Church of England" (MP3 | PPT)

Plenary Session #3: David Gregory (SBTS)
"Singing Methodists, Singing Baptists: Wesley Hymns in Baptist Worship" (MP3)

Plenary Session #4: John Tyson (Houghton College)
"Conversion in Hymns and Sermons of the Wesleys" (MP3)

Breakout Session: Michael Haykin (SBTS)
"'Those Who Spurn the Sprinkled Blood': Charles Wesley’s Reflections on Islam" (MP3)

Breakout Session: Margaret Garrett (SBTS)
"Wesley’s Hymns and Their Tunes: Opera and the Methodists" (MP3)

Breakout Session: Rodney Sones (SBTS)
"Hymn Exposition: 'Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown'" (MP3 | PDFs: Outline, Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4)

Plenary #5: Lester Ruth (Asbury Theological Seminary)
"What Writers of Modern Worship Songs Can Learn from Wesley" (MP3 | PDF | PPT)

Chapel Hymn Sing: A Service of Worship through Wesley Hymns
Hymn Commentaries by Esther Crookshank, Tom Nettles, Jim Orrick, and Steve Wellum (MP3)

Plenary #6: John Tyson (Houghton College)
"Sanctification & Redemption in Wesley Sermons and Hymns" (MP3)

Plenary #7: Michael Haykin
"'Come, Thou Everlasting Spirit': Spirituality and the Lord’s Supper in Charles Wesley’s Hymns" (MP3 | PDF)

"A Thousand Tongues to Sing": A Festival of Wesley Hymns
Hymn Commentaries by Donald P. Hustad (SBTS) (MP3)