Picture of Empty Tomb outside Jerusalem
What a joy to post a collection of songs for Easter. To look over the span of church history and see so clearly those songs that have captured the joy, the power, and the truth of the Resurrection of Jesus.
Recently I heard someone lament that we only sing the classic ‘resurrection’ hymns on Easter when we should sing them more frequently, and certainly more than once a year when we celebrate the Resurrection every Sunday. This is also the case for many of our best Christmas songs. Here’s where our tradition actually runs counter to our Gospel celebrating/singing.
So this year I challenge you to take one of your big songs for Easter and sing it for the next 4-5 weeks. Sing it so that it has time to bury itself and be resurrected in our praise! Sing it until it sinks in and bears the fruit of memorization and formation.
Let the joy of Easter linger on in our song!
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Rembrandt The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary
Traditional
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
mp3 | chords | leadsheet-4pt | info
I Know that My Redeemer Lives, Glory, Hallelujah (Antioch, pg.277)
mp3 | leadsheet | video | text
Up from Grave He Arose (Benedict arr.)
mp3 | leadsheet
Christ is Risen, Hallelujah (trad. english easter hymn)
mp3 | leadsheet-4pt
Worship Christ, the Risen King (#266 Trinity Hymnal)
mp3 | chords | leadsheet | text
(I’ve done this with Partain’s tune to Praise, My Soul..)
Come, Christians Join to Sing (Contemporary arr.)
mp3 |chords | leadsheet
Crown Him with many Crowns
mp3 | chords | leadsheet
Praise the Savior, Now and Ever (Benedict arr.)
mp3 | leadsheet
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Bob Whitehead Resurrection of Jesus
Contemporary
In Christ Alone (Keith Getty)
mp3 | chords | leadsheet | youtube
Christ is Risen Indeed (Matt Boswell)
mp3 | chords
Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Zac Hicks)
mp3 | leadsheet | chords | video
The Power of the Cross (Getty/Townend)
demo and charts | video
Were You There? (Red Mountain arr.)
mp3 | leadsheet
Come, People of the Risen King (Getty/Townend)
mp3 | leadsheet | Youtube
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WorshipSource.com (5 free Songs)
Sovereign Grace – new CD “Risen”
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Rouault “On the Emmaus Road”
Eclectic
Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia (from Tanzania)
mp3 | leadsheet | purchase
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (The Welcome Wagon)
mp3 | leadsheet
It is Finished (BiFrost Arts)
mp3 | leadsheet | full-score
Jesus Has Risen (Benedict arr.)
mp3 | leadsheet | chord chart
Hail, Thou Morn of Resurrection (Greg Scheer arr.)
mp3 | leadsheet
Easter Song (Keith Green)
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