My personal feeling is that the perceived problem is the relevance of Scripture. It becomes harder to bring the mess of our modern questions to the pages of such a holy and sacred text, and find relevant answers. We are...
Unless an individual chooses to listen to different kinds of music, the only thing that individual will hear (most of the time) is pop. Sure, one’s sensibilities can be shaped deliberately, and many of us have developed tastes that we...
Yes, it can be, says Tim Keller, citing Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 14 as evidence: 1. Nonbelievers are expected to be present in Christian worship. In Acts 2 it happens by word-of-mouth excitement. In 1 Corinthians 14 it is...
(W)orship, properly understood, “meets us where we are” in the way that the music and forms of our service allow us to express our love for God with authenticity and in a way that stresses the accessibility of our Savior....
“For someone who is not a religious person, God comes up a lot in my songs.” – Paul Simon The singer/songwriter – who began with partner Art Garfunkel in the late 60s as a folk duo – has a new...
CT interviewed Max Lucado about his book Outlive Your Life; You Were Made to Make a Difference, which includes this great exchange: What provoked your interest in poverty? About four years ago, a guy asked me what my great-grandchildren would...
Building on a previous post, here’s a quote from the frontman of U2 courtesy of Worship.com: Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed,...
“I, Doctor Martin Luther, wish all lovers of the unshackled art of music grace and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ! I truly desire that all Christians would love and regard as worthy the lovely...
The heart of what I’m supposed to do is preach the Word, win people to faith, and then disciple them. But I can’t disciple people without telling them, “Help the poor.” To believe in Jesus is to obey all he...
Care for orphans is mercy at its most poignant, no doubt. But every act on behalf of the orphan also proclaims the Gospel, revealing to a watching world the heart of the God who “sets the lonely in families” (Psalm 68:5-6);...