But there is a 100-percent chance that Luther’s great hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” will be featured. ... one set of lyrics. It was hymn 262 in The Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1941.

I told her it meant “A mighty fortress is our God.” She responded, “I wonder if that’s where Luther got the idea for the hymn he wrote?” I smiled, and suggested that just maybe they put ...

The strains of "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" could be heard drifting through the portals of the gigantic Washington National Cathedral on Sept. 14, 2001. It was part of the National Service of ...

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The play "A Mighty Fortress is Our Basement" is the fourth installment of the Church Basement Ladies, which was first adapted from the books "Growing Up Lutheran," by Janet Martin and Suzann Nelson.

The hymn’s subliminal message reprises the 20th century shibboleth of Fortress America. Our God becomes a Mighty Fortress, an impenetrable barrier protecting America from the poverty, violence and ...