#154 - Kyle Thompson // Blessed Assurance

5 min • 4 augusti 2025

Kyle introduces his favorite hymns and their impact on his Christian walk, focusing on "Blessed Assurance" by Fanny J. Crosby as the first of five hymns to explore this week.

• Fanny J. Crosby, a prolific blind hymn writer, created "Blessed Assurance" in 1873 with composer Phoebe Knapp
• The hymn was composed in a single afternoon after Knapp played a melody and asked Crosby what it said to her
• Crosby's immediate response became the opening line: "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine"
• Kyle recommends Shane and Shane's obscure bluegrass version from 2006
• The lyrics reflect Crosby's personal testimony and find biblical foundation in Hebrews 10:19-22
• Our assurance of salvation comes from God, not from our own works or efforts
• This divine assurance of salvation is worth "praising our savior all the day long"

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