Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

So John Dacre is here, Bob Spencer, Michelle Casey, and I all go to First United Methodist Church.

So John is going to sing a song that's very popular nowadays, and it's Christ the Lord is Risen Today, and he's going to do Amora too, okay?

John Dacre.

How could you forget that face? My name is John Dacre.

I go to First and I Methodist Church, Reverend Jones, Bill Jones, opened our show last time, and he's not here tonight.

So John Dacre's here, Bob Spencer, Michelle Casey, and I all go to First and I Methodist Church.

So Johnny's going to sing a song that's very popular nowadays, and it's Christ the Lord is Risen Today, and he's going to do Amora too, okay?

My name is John Dacre.

And it was a good...

I had to interpret, um, Christ the Lord is Risen Today in the style of Jesus Christ Superstar.

And there was another one I had to do, but it was a, it was another famous hymn for another, you know, religious holiday that I've forgotten, probably Christmas.

Um, and I had to do it in the style of...

And we are still singing many of them today.

Like, Hark the Herald Angels Sing at Christmastime, or Christ the Lord is Risen Today at Easter.

And today we'll begin with one of the richest, most beloved hymns by Charles Wesley ever.

And Can It Be is packed with gospel truth.

At Christmas, hark the herald angels sing.

That's Charles Wesley.

At Easter, Christ the Lord is risen today, also Charles Wesley.

And today, of course, the hymn, And Can It Be? So we'll do a couple of things in our time together today.

John Wesley traveled thousands of miles on horseback, preaching more than 40,000 sermons and organizing society that spread Methodism across Britain and America.

Charles Wesley wrote over 6,000 hymns, including Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Christ the Lord is Risen Today.

Through their preaching and their songs, thousands came to Christ.

Lives were changed, the poor were helped, and spiritual life across Britain and America was renewed.