BYU students shared their thoughts on the new worship songs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In the late 19th Century a new style of hymnody known as “gospel” emerged ... and approaches. Old texts have been refreshed by new tunes and lots more contemporary hymns have sprung up.

Why do you think hymnody—new or old—might be capturing the interest ... And I think people want the sung theology of hymns; they are like sung gospel. Hymns have a way of bringing us back ...

For his part, Brown is enjoying the present because he loves what he is reminded of when he sings hymns ... the 120-year-old Kimball piano, which happens to be her piano, for the Gospel singing ...

On Sunday, the singer, 38, performed a medley of gospel hymns off her latest album My Savior ... The two then sang "The Old Rugged Cross" before Underwood, backed by a choir, closed her ...