Above the Hills of Time is Thomas Tiplady's hymn of the cross as the enduring disclosure of God's saving love.
Hymns Based on Galatians 6:14
Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Galatians 6:14
"But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
— Galatians 6:14
Theological Significance
This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Cross, Atonement, Discipleship, Lent, Assurance. Many worship songs connected to Galatians 6:14 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.
Sermon Themes from This Passage
- Cross
- Atonement
- Discipleship
- Lent
- Assurance
Suggested Hymns for Worship
Example Worship Flow
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Call to Worship Psalm 100
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Opening Hymn Blessed Calvary
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Scripture Reading Galatians 6:14
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Sermon Cross
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Response Hymn Above the Hills of Time
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Reflection Hymn Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know
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Closing Hymn Lead On, O King Eternal
Hymns Inspired by This Passage
Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know is a compact confession of Christian faith built around one repeated answer: Jesus Christ, the crucified.
At Calvary is a gospel hymn built around the movement from self-confidence to repentance, from conviction to pardon, and from pardon to grateful discipleship.
Beneath the Cross of Jesus is a devotional hymn by Scottish writer Elizabeth Cecilia Douglas Clephane that invites the worshiper to remain near the crucified Christ.
Blessed Calvary, beginning "I look at the cross upon Calvary," is a 1921 gospel song by Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen and Lance Brenton Latham.
“In the Cross of Christ I Glory” is a nineteenth-century hymn that takes Paul’s language in Galatians 6:14 as its governing idea: the cross becomes the believer’s true ground of glory.
“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross” is a gospel hymn that makes the cross of Christ the continuing center of Christian faith rather than only an event to be remembered at particular seasons.
“Lead On, O King Eternal” is a hymn of Christian vocation written at the threshold between preparation and service.
Lift High the Cross is a processional hymn that joins devotion to Christ's cross with discipleship, public witness, and the mission of the church.
“The Old Rugged Cross” is an American gospel hymn centered on the paradox of the cross: an instrument of Roman execution and public disgrace becomes, for Christians, the place where the saving love of Christ is contemplated and confessed.
Walk On, O People of God is the English form of Cesáreo Gabaráin’s Spanish hymn “Camina, pueblo de Dios,” also associated with the title “Nueva Creación.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross is Isaac Watts's concentrated meditation on the crucifixion and the response it demands from the believer.