About “Christ Our Hope In Life And Death”
The hymn is built on the opening question of the 1563 Heidelberg Catechism, "What is your only comfort in life and in death?", and was written over roughly two years by Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker, and Matt Papa. It was the first song the five hymn writers completed together as a team. The Getty and Matt Papa recording was released on March 20, 2020, arriving just as churches around the world were shutting their doors at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which gave the hymn's central question sudden weight.
Written by Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker and Matt Papa · Released 2020 on Christ Our Hope In Life And Death (Single) · CCLI #7147502
- First song written together by the five-man team of Getty, Boswell, Kauflin, Merker, and Papa
- Directly inspired by the first question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563
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Frequently asked
Who wrote “Christ Our Hope In Life And Death”?
Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker and Matt Papa. It was first released in 2020 on Christ Our Hope In Life And Death (Single).
What is “Christ Our Hope In Life And Death” about?
The hymn is built on the opening question of the 1563 Heidelberg Catechism, "What is your only comfort in life and in death?", and was written over roughly two years by Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker, and Matt Papa. It was the first song the five hymn writers completed together as a team. The Getty and Matt Papa recording was released on March 20, 2020, arriving just as churches around the world were shutting their doors at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which gave the hymn's central question sudden weight.
How many churches sing “Christ Our Hope In Life And Death”?
59 churches in the playlist.church map have it in their worship playlists, most often for Hope, Name of Jesus, Salvation — one of the most-adopted worship songs today.