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Today we're turning our attention to the man who composed perhaps the greatest work of Christian art known to man. I'm referring, of course, to George Frideric Handel and his Messiah. He was no theologian, nor was he even particularly religious for much of his life, but his ultimate work, Messiah, has something of the Divine in it. And for that, he is a Giant of the Faith.



RESOURCES

MIT Concert Choir: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handel_-_messiah_-_44_hallelujah.ogg

CBN: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/december/handels-messiah-inspires-listeners-transcends-time

Christianity.com: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/messiah-and-george-frideric-handel-11630237.html

Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/musiciansartistsandwriters/george-frideric-handel.html

The Handel Institute: http://gfhandel.org/handel/messiah.html

The New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/2014/01/handel-messiah-matter-life-and-death

The Tabernacle Choir: https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/messiah/george-frideric-handel-a-brief-history.html

Intro Music: Country Strumstick Mountain Hop, by Andy Slatter