Learn how to re-think the meaning of blended worship. No more quotas of hymns and choruses! Instead, learn practical ways to add fullness and depth to your worship by integrating a wide variety of worship expressions, both old and new.Read More
Let this piece serve as an earnest appeal to songwriters: please don’t lose the Trinity as you write songs! Why would I say such a thing? Because my study of the most used contemporary worship songs in the last fifteen years shows that there is a danger our songs reflect love for a god who...Read More
When you study the significance of Christ’s ascension, you have to wrestle with the absence and the presence of Christ. In his human nature Christ is absent, ascended to heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father. He is in heaven today. But ‘in his divinity, majesty, grace, and Spirit, Christ is not...Read More
Here are some wonderful pieces that are well written and not too difficult with some good work. The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee, Jean Berger SATB—Augsburg Publishing 0800645596 A classic a cappella setting of Psalm 145:15-16 Score image Followers of the Lamb, Phillip Dietterich SATB—Hope Publishing AG 7223 American folk tune, a cappella Even...Read More
Key questions this paper addresses: [1] What does it mean to be created in God’s image? What happened to God’s image in humans when they “fell?” What does God’s image have to do with my life in Christ? What is an “Image?” One of the most foundational and significant teachings of Scripture is that we...Read More
The bible is a story, actually the story, of our existence. This story has a beginning, middle, and ending, and along the way it answers the deepest and most pressing issues in our souls. It shows us who we are, why we exist, and where we are headed. It also shows us the character of...Read More
Dr. Andrew Hill on Multiple Intelligences (Learning Styles) including their relationship to corporate worship: Multiple Intelligences (Learning Styles)Read More
And Jesus said, “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24; NIV) Surely this divine desire has...Read More
When I became a Christian in the Fall of ’69 — a lost freshman in college who, despite himself, couldn’t seem to make friends with anybody but Christians — what finally pushed me from non-faith to faith was the realization that I didn’t have the capacity within me to be the kind of person I...Read More
How would you classify your worship service? It is “contemporary” or “traditional”? Are those terms too limited? Would the terms found in some recent youth ministry training materials be more helpful? In that case, would you classify your worship as “linear” or “organic”? Are you still at a loss for the right classification? Would these...Read More
For the sake of spiritual depth, vibrancy, and variety, our priestly prayers should contain elements such as lament and adoration as well as confession and thanksgiving. But the main element is intercession, for that’s the liturgical function of these prayers. We petition God for both the church and the world.Read More
