If you have your hymnal, open to LSB 406 and check out that tine little word at the top right above the hymn number. “Mrs. Greenway,” you might say if you were a student, “it says ‘Epiphany’. Why are we singing an Epiphany hymn during Lent?”

Why, indeed.

“To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord” begins by retelling the story of Jesus’ own baptism by John in the Jordan. For this reason, it is classified as an Epiphany hymn, for we hear the story of Jesus’ baptism during the season of Epiphany. It is the first time in the Gospels that we see the adult Jesus out and about.