That is, does church feature different kinds of music at different services? Do the children or young people have a separate worship gathering of their own apart from the main congregation? Tullian Tchvidian of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church writes: …Many...
Not sure whether to laugh or cry… HT: Ryan Flanigan, Reform Worship
Ed Stetzer of Lifeway has seven helpful tests to filter through song selections for worship, five of which are cultural rather than theological. The third (Association test) has this anecdote: I was…speaking to a group of pastors, some of whom...
Great post here by Ed Stetzer titled “Ending the Worship Wars without a Truce.” His thoughts about ending the “periennal war over worship” includes these 5 ideas: Rally around Truth, not a truce Acknowledge that preferences are personal Realize relevance...
Greg Gilbert over at The Gospel Coalition Blog is wondering if the modern praise and worship movement hasn’t had unintended consequences: I wonder if the whole “excellence in praise and worship music” phenomenon we’ve seen over the past few years–for...
Nice post here from a respected theologian (also my former seminary prof) concerning church music which, in part, says: It is instructive to remember that most of the hymns that are now well-received in the church as part of the...