When is singing hymns damning? When the increased volume of the hymn singing is not out of passion for the Lord, but to drown out the cries for help of those destined for slaughter. That was the indictment against some churches in WWII Germany within hearing distance of the railroad taking Jews to the concentration camps. I first heard this story, related in Erwin Lutzer’s When a Nation Forgets God, from retired U.S. Representative Frank R. Wolf (R-VA), who tells it to challenge American Christians:... Read more