![]() ![]() The song originally started with the line “My hope is found in Christ alone.” Getty suggested switching the verse around to start with “In Christ alone.” After some hesitation, Townend did so, and the song came to life. He eventually called Getty and the two talked about writing a musical version of a church creed that would recount the story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. ![]() Then he popped in the CD and immediately changed his mind. … It arrived and I wasn’t expecting anything.” “He said he’d send me a CD with some of his song ideas. “We got together, we had a coffee, nothing particularly eventful happened,” Townend recalled. In a 2016 interview recounting the origins of “In Christ Alone,” Townend said there was nothing memorable about his meeting with Getty. To donate, click here.Īll of which came as a surprise to the tune’s authors. ![]() Give a gift of $50 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive our two-book “Anti-Bullying Bundle” featuring No More Christian Nice Guy and Free Us From Bullying. ![]()
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