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John Ylvisaker

Short Name: John Ylvisaker
Full Name: Ylvisaker, John, 1937-2017
Birth Year: 1937
Death Year: 2017
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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by John Ylvisaker (40)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
[A Centurion From Capernaum]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[A Party For John]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
A woman of Samaria came to where the well of Jacob liesJohn Ylvisaker (Adapter & Author)Spanish1
[Another Mile]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[Build By Faith]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
By the waters of Babylon (Ylvisaker)John Ylvisaker (Author)1
En la familia santa del SeñorJohn Ylvisaker, 1937- (Author)Spanish2
Foolish man builds on the sinking sandJohn Ylvisaker (Adapter)English1
Friends of the covenant renewed each mornJohn Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[God's Gonna Trouble the Water]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
I was there to hear your borning cryJohn Ylvisaker (Author)English, Spanish13
Incidental words are a powerful forceJohn Ylvisaker (Adapter)English1
John saw the number of all those redeemed (Juan vió el número, de los redimidos)John Ylvisaker, b. 1937 (Author (sts. 2-3))English1
[Keep on Keepin' On]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
Law kills, the spirit gives life!John C. Ylvisaker (Adapter)English1
[Matthew, Matthew]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[O Jerusalem, Enchanter]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
One day to the LordJohn Ylvisaker (Author)English1
One day when the sons of ZebedeeJohn C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
People who walk in darkness have soughtJohn C. Ylvisaker, b. 1937 (Author)English1
[Po' Man Laz'rus]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
Praise to God in heav'n above, Alleluia!John Ylvisaker (Paraphraser)English1
Saint Stephen was commissioned John Ylvisaker (Author)1
[Son of Joseph]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[The City of the Living God]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[The Clever Accountant]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[The Evening Is Here]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
The night was dark and filled with gloom. (Come and see!)John Ylvisaker (Author)English2
The true light that enlightens manJohn Ylvisaker (Author)3
[This Has Been a Test]John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[To Him Who by the Pow'r]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[Two By Two]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[Two Little Fishes] (Ylvisaker)John Ylvisaker (Author)English1
We were baptized in Christ JesusJohn Ylvisaker (Author)English5
We'll present our bodies a living sacrificeJohn Ylvisaker (Author)English1
Well, the Lord gave a party and invited the neighborsJohn Ylvisaker (Author)1
[When the End is Drawing Near]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[Where Your Treasure Is]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
[You Can Tell the World]John C. Ylvisaker (Author)English1
You're my light and my salvationJohn Ylvisaker (Author)English1

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