I’m afraid we’ve almost divorced worship from loving our neighbor as our self. The first and most important commandment is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength.” And we go, Oh, stop right...
Here are a couple of old favorites in a new but familiar setting. Do you think these are helpful? Or unnecessary? Latest tracks by ResolvedMusic
Sometimes those who plan our worship are sleepy. The prayers are self centered. Song texts are all focused on personal concerns. The preaching avoids the issues that concerned the prophets. Our services are safe and predictable. The only time we...
It’s called Come Down O Love Divine. The Desiring God blog is offering a free download of the song “Kyrie I.” HT: Justin Taylor
We came from all places and all peoples to gather here today. Some of us traveled across the ice, others came later in boats, still others of us waded rivers or arrived in planes. We found a land blessed. Blessed...
The media arm of MarsHill Church, pastored by Mark Driscoll, has a great post listed what might be considered ‘non-negotiables’ for corporate worship. Corporate worship: 1. …is to be G0d-centered 2. … should be intelligible 3. …is to be seeker-sensible...
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...
Professor John Koessler of Moody Bible Institute has a problem with his Sunday morning worship: I find that I have reached a stage in life where most of the music I hear in church is “their” music, whoever “they” are....
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...
When the Bible calls us to sing God’s praises, we are not given the tunes or the rhythm. We are not told how repetitive the lyrics are to be or how emotionally intense the singing should be. When we are...