Sticky Hymns

Topical Recommendations from Theology That Sticks

“Throughout the book I share bulleted lists of my favorite hymns on specific themes. Think of them as ‘sticky hymns’—worthwhile songs that have pasted themselves into my memory. I readily admit that the lists are arbitrary and inadequate. But I hope they will supply real-life models of the principles I’m discussing. For your convenience, we’ve posted the song lists from the book here in a format that we can update. If you have recommendations for our lists, feel free to reach out to us. Grace!”

—Chris Anderson

“How Firm a Foundation” (traditional)
“Speak, O Lord” (Townend and Getty)
“Thy Word” (Grant and Smith)
“God’s Sufficient Word” (Anderson and Anglea)
“God Has Spoken” (Anderson and Habegger)

“Holy, Holy, Holy” (Heber and Dykes)
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” (Smith / traditional Welsh melody)
“I Sing the Mighty Power of God” (Watts and Württemberg)
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” (Chisholm and Runyan)
“Grace Greater than Our Sin” (Johnston and Towner)

“I Sing the Mighty Power of God” (Watts and Württemberg)
“This Is My Father’s World” (Babcock and Sheppard)
“How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” (Townend)
“Praise My Soul the King of Heaven” (Lyte)
“Almighty Father” (Williams and Harlan)
“Only a Holy God” (Farren, Robinson, Smith, and Thompson)
“Praise Ye Jehovah” (Jones and Gustafson)
“The Father Looks on Me” (Anderson and Anderson/Holden)

“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (Bridges, Thring, and Elvey)
“Rejoice the Lord Is King” (Wesley and Darwall)
“Our Great Savior” (Chapman and Prichard)
“Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee” (Bernard of Clairvaux and Dykes)
“Fairest Lord Jesus” (Silesian folk melody)
“In Christ Alone” (Townend and Getty)
“Jesus, Strong and Kind” (Thompson, Robinson, Farren, and Buchanan)
“My Jesus, Fair” (Anderson and Habegger)

“Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart” (Croly and Atkinson)
“Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove” (Watts and Dykes)
“The Comforter Has Come” (Bottome and Kirkpatrick)
“Breathe on Me, Breath of God” (Hatch and Jackson)
“Spirit of the Living God” (Iverson)
“Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God” (Townend and Getty)

“Holy, Holy, Holy” (Heber and Dykes) 
“The Doxology” (Ken and Bourgeois)
“Praise Ye the Triune God!” (Charles and Flemming)
“Come, Thou Almighty King” (unknown / Giardini)
“Arise My Soul, Arise” (Wesley and Edson)
“Eternal Father, Strong to Save” (Whiting and Dykes)
“Be Thou Exalted” (Crosby and Smith)
“There Is a Redeemer” (Green)
“Is He Worthy?” (Peterson and Shive)
“O Great God” (Kauflin)
“All Creatures of Our God and King” (final stanza – St. Francis of Assisi)
“I Will Praise Him” (final stanza – Harris)
“The Lord Is My Salvation” (bridge – Getty, Getty, Nockels, and Myrin)
“Father, I Adore You” (Coelho)
“Our Triune God” (Henson and Taylor)
“You Are the Lord” (Hoskinson)

“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” (Wesley, Whitfield, and Mendelssohn)
“O Come, All Ye Faithful” (Wade / traditional Latin hymn)
“Angels from the Realms of Glory” (Montgomery and Smart)
“Angels We Have Heard on High” (traditional French carol)
“Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus” (Wesley and Prichard)
“O Come, O Come, Immanuel” (Neale and Helmore / traditional Latin hymn)
“You Who Were Rich Beyond All Splendor” (Houghton / traditional French carol)
“All Praise to Thee, for Thou, O King Divine” (Tucker and Williams)
“Of the Father’s Love Begotten” (Prudentius / DIVINUM MYSTERIUM)
“Once in Royal David’s City” (Alexander and Gauntlett)
“Joy Has Dawned” (Townend and Getty)
“From the Squalor of a Borrowed Stable” (Townend)

“Our Great Savior” (Chapman and Prichard)
“Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee” (Bernard of Clairvaux and Dykes)
“Fairest Lord Jesus” (Silesian folk melody)
“Jesus, Strong and Kind” (Thompson, Robinson, Farren, and Buchanan)
“Come, Lonely Heart” (Anderson and Habegger)
“The Love of Christ” (Anderson and Nichols)

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (Watts and Mason or GIFT OF LOVE)
“Hallelujah, What a Savior” (Bliss)
“Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted” (Kelly / O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN)
“And Can It Be” (Wesley and Campbell)
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (Gerhardt and Hassler/Bach)
“Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed” (Watts and Wilson)
“Here Is Love” (Reese and Lowry)
“He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions” (Chisolm and Dunlop)
“How Can It Be?” (Christiansen and Peterson)
“Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know” (Schwedler and Malan)
“Lamb of Glory” (Nelson and McHugh)
“There Is a Redeemer” (Green)
“The Power of the Cross” (Townend and Getty)
“Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery” (Boswell, Bleecker, and Papa)
“Behold Our God” (Baird, Baird, Baird, and Altrogge)
“I Will Glory in My Redeemer” (Cook and Cook)
“Jesus, Thank You” (Sczebel)
“Mercy Tree” (Neale and Nordhoff)
“Jesus Saves” (Cottrell and Moffitt)
“It Is Finished” (Hamilton)
“O The Blood” (Miller and Miller)
“Worthy Is the Lamb” (Zschech)
“The Old Rugged Cross” (Bennard)
“My Jesus, Fair” (Anderson and Habegger)
“His Robes for Mine” (Anderson and Habegger)

“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” (Wesley / in Lyra Davidica)
“Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise” (Wesley and Cotterill)
“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (Bridges, Thring, and Elvey)
“Christ Arose” (Lowry)
“Living Hope” (Wickham)
“O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer” (Stiff)
“Because He Lives” (Gaither and Gaither)

“Arise My Soul, Arise” (Wesley and Edson)
“Before the Throne of God Above” (Bancroft and Cook)
“The Blood of Jesus Speaks for Me” (Moffitt and Cottrell)
“There Is a Fountain” (Cowper / early American Melody)
“A Debtor to Mercy Alone” (Toplady and Kauflin)
“Yet Not I But through Christ in Me” (Farren, Robinson, and Thompson)
“I Run to Christ” (Anderson and Habegger)

“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” (Perronet and Holden or Ellor)
“Jesus Shall Reign” (Watts and Hatton)
“Rejoice, the Lord Is King” (Wesley and Darwall)
“Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious” (Kelly and Monk)
“Lo, He Comes in Clouds Descending” (Wesley and Hughes)
“Christ Returneth” (Turner and McGranahan)
“Joy to the World” (Watts and Handel)
“There Is a Higher Throne” (Getty and Getty)
“Come Quickly, Lord” (Anderson and Habegger)
“Every Knee Shall Bow” (Anderson and Ijames)

“In Christ Alone” (Townend and Getty)
“One Day” / “Glorious Day” (Chapman and either Marsh or Hall and Bleecker)
“Praise Our Savior, Jesus Christ” (Anderson and Jones)

“Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness” (von Zinzendorf)
“How Sweet and Awesome Is the Place” (Watts / traditional Irish melody)
“And Can It Be” (Wesley and Campbell)
“There Is a Fountain” (Cowper / early American Melody)
“Rock of Ages” (Toplady and Hastings)
“The Solid Rock” (Mote and Bradbury)
“Jesus Paid It All” (Hall and Grape)
“My Hope Is in the Lord” (Clayton)
“My Faith Has Found a Resting Place” (Hewitt / traditional Norwegian melody)
“Complete in Thee” (Wolfe, Gray, and Nyce)
“His Mercy Is More” (Boswell and Papa)
“The Gospel Song” (Jones and Kauflin)
“Reformation Hymn” (Anderson and Kauflin)
“His Robes for Mine” (Anderson and Habegger)

“And Can It Be” (Wesley and Campbell)
“Blessed Assurance” (Crosby and Knapp)
“Satisfied” (Williams and Hudson)
“Just As I Am” (Elliott and Bradbury)
“Just As I Am (I Come Broken)” [Elliott, Williams, Bradbury, and Holland]
“Complete in Thee” (Wolfe, Gray, and Nyce)
“All I Have Is Christ” (J. Kauflin)
“Now I Belong to Jesus” (Clayton)

“The Church’s One Foundation” (Stone and Wesley)
“O Church, Arise” (Townend and Getty)
“By Faith” (Townend and Getty)
“Soldiers of Christ, Arise” (Watts and Elvey)
“O Zion, Haste” (Thomson and Walch)
“Facing a Task Unfinished” (Houghton and Wesley / Getty, Getty, Cash, de Barra)
“Thou Whose Almighty Word” (Marriott and de Giardini)
“Rescue the Perishing” (Crosby and Doane)
“Lord, Send Me Anywhere” (Livingstone and Lopez)
“For the Sake of His Name” (Anderson and Habegger)

“It Is Well with My Soul” (Spafford and Bliss)
“Jesus, Lover of My Soul” (Wesley and Parry)
“We Rest on Thee” (Cherry and Sibelius)
“Be Still, My Soul” (von Schlegel and Sibelius)
“Still, My Soul, Be Still” (Townend, Getty, and Getty)
“Come, My Soul, with Every Care” (Newton and Coleman)
“God Moves in a Mysterious Way” (Cowper)
“O God, Beyond All Praising” (Perry and Holst)
“How Firm a Foundation” (traditional)
“Come, Ye Disconsolate” (Moore, Hastings, and Webbe)
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” (Lemmel)
“Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer” (Becker and Getty)
“He Will Hold Me Fast” (Habershon and Merker)
“Yet Not I But through Christ in Me” (Farren, Robinson, and Thompson)
“O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer” (Stiff)
“The Lord Is My Salvation” (Getty, Getty, Nockels, and Myrin)
“My Soul Finds Rest (Psalm 62)” [Keyes and Townend]
“Day by Day” (Berg and Ahnfelt)
“All Your Anxiety” (Joy)
“Does Jesus Care?” (Graeff and Hall)
“Lord, I Need You” (Nockels, Carson, Reeves, Stanfill, and Maher)
“Lord, I Need You” (Hamilton)
“Rejoice in the Lord” (Hamilton)
“How Can I Fear?” (Hamilton)
“You Are Always Good” (Anderson and Hamilton)
“I Run to Christ” (Anderson and Habegger)
“Come Quickly, Lord” (Anderson and Habegger)
“I Am with You” (Anderson and Habegger)

“Be Thou My Vision” (traditional Irish hymn and melody / Byre and Hull)
“Come, My Soul, with Every Care” (Newton and Coleman)
“I Need Thee Every Hour” (Hawks and Lowry)
“’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” (Stead and Kirkpatrick)
“Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting” (Pigott and Mountain)
“My Jesus, I Love Thee” (Featherston and Gordon)
“I’d Rather Have Jesus” (Miller and Shea)
“Nearer, Still Nearer” (Morris)
“I Will Follow” (Lynch)
“All the Way” (Crosby and Lynch)
“All That Thrills My Soul” (Harris)
“O Great God” (Kauflin)
“Speak, O Lord” (Townend and Getty)
“By Faith” (Townend and Getty)
“The Perfect Wisdom of Our God” (Townend & Getty)
“Bow the Knee” (Hamilton and Reid)
“I Belong to the King” (Smith and Hamilton)
“O How He Loves You and Me” (Kaiser)
“Wonderful, Merciful Savior” (Rodgers and Wyse)
“I Love You, Lord” (Klein and Thomas)
“As the Deer” (Nystrom)
“Jesus Loves Me” (Warner and Bradbury)

“Like a River Glorious” (Havergal and Mountain)
“It Is Well with My Soul” (Spafford and Bliss)
“Be Still, My Soul” (von Schlegel and Sibelius)
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (Martin and Gabriel)
“Under His Wings” (Cushing and Sankey)
“Day by Day” (Berg and Ahnfelt)
“All Your Anxiety” (Joy)
“Does Jesus Care?” (Graeff and Hall)
“Be Strong in the Lord” (Johnson and Fettke)
“O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer” (Stiff)
“He Will Hold Me Fast” (Habershon and Merker)
“Yet Not I But through Christ in Me” (Farren, Robinson, and Thompson)
“Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer” (Becker and Getty)
“Ancient of Days” (Robinson, Thompson, Farren, and Reeves)
“He Hideth My Soul” (Crosby and Kirkpatrick)
“You Are My Hiding Place” (Ledner)
“He Is Able, More than Able” (Ferguson and Noland)
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” (Lemmel)
“Rejoice in the Lord” (Hamilton)
“I Run to Christ” (Anderson and Habegger)
“You Are Always Good” (Anderson and Hamilton)

“Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” (Hart / Walker’s Southern Melody)
“The Blood of Jesus Speaks for Me” (Moffitt and Cottrell)
“Nothing Between” (Tindley)
“Have Thine Own Way, Lord” (Pollard and Stebbins)
“O God, My Joy” (Keew and Pinner)
“How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” (Townend)
“A Tender Heart” (Hamilton)
“Take My Life, and Let It Be” (Havergal and Malan)

“Holy, Holy, Holy” (Heber and Dykes)
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” (Smith / traditional Welsh melody)
“I Sing the Mighty Power of God” (Watts and Württemberg)
“How Great Thou Art” (Hine / Swedish folk melody)
“O Great God” (Kauflin)
“Behold Our God” (Baird, Baird, Baird, and Altrogge)
“O Worship the King” (Grant and Haydn)
“Rejoice, the Lord Is King” (Wesley and Darwall)
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” (Chisholm and Runyan)
“The Love of God” (Lehman)
“How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” (Townend)
“Grace Greater than Our Sin” (Johnston and Towner)
“Wonderful, Merciful Savior” (Rodgers and Wyse)
“Mercies Anew” (Kauflin and Altrogge)
“Almighty Father” (Williams and Harlan)
“Only a Holy God” (Farren, Robinson, Smith, and Thompson)
“Holy, Mighty, Worthy” (Anderson and Habegger)
“Give Him Glory!” (Anderson and Nichols)

“Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” (Warren / traditional melody) 
“I Shall Know Him” (Crosby and Sweney)
“My Faith Looks Up to Thee” (final stanza – Palmer and Mason)
“The Sands of Time Are Sinking” (Cousin and Urhan)
“It Is Not Death to Die” (Malan and Kauflin)
“Christ Our Hope in Life and Death” (Getty, Boswell, J. Kauflin, Merker, and Papa)
“One Day (When We All Get to Heaven)” [Hewitt, Redman, Redman, and Jarman]
“To Live or Die” (Anderson and Habegger)

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