On June 17th, 2011 Emmaus released our first CD of original songs titled, Church Songs. Each of these 8 songs was born in our congregation and for our congregation with a desire to serve other Christians and congregations around the world. You can download free sampler at this link. Pastor Cole Brown co-wrote each of the songs and the following is the story behind one of them.
Mighty Fortress
In the previous post I explained how Martin Luther’s theology and songwriting inspired the song “What a Trade.” Luther’s theology and songwriting did more than just inspire us on “Mighty Fortress.” The entire song is based on Luther’s famous hymn “A Mighty Fortress is Our God,” written in his native tongue of German in 1529 and translated countless times into English and other languages. Theologian James Moffatt called it, “the greatest hymn of the greatest man of the greatest period of German history.”