As part of our ministry to help believers think biblically about worship, Religious Affections Ministries publishes Christian books and recordings.
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Continue Reading →A year ago this week we fully launched Religious Affections Ministries. Our burden is simple: help churches think biblically about worship and music. This means publishing articles, books, recordings, and sheet music all with the purpose of equipping local churches to worship our Lord biblically, deliberately, and, yes, conservatively.
I started this ministry from a [...]
Continue Reading →Every Bob Jones Seminary student takes a class called “Issues in Christian Ministry” during their first year. The class, directed by Dr. Gary Reimers, discusses, well, issues in Christian ministry including the bible version debate, the use of alcohol, divorce and remarriage, and worship/music philosophy. Last year I had the opportunity of lecturing twice to [...]
Continue Reading →Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice, by Bryan Chapell. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009. 307 pp. $24.99.
“Structures tell stories.” So opens Bryan Chapell’s recent volume, Christ-Centered Worship: Letting the Gospel Shape Our Practice, published by Baker Academic. Chapell, noted homiletician, theologian, and author of the popular volume, Continue Reading →
Fiction is good for the soul.
Good fictional literature grips the imagination and shapes the affections, both important for the life of faith.
For that reason, I regularly make it a practice to read fiction amidst all of the other theological, musicological, cultural, philosophical, and historical reading I do.
I also make it a practice [...]
Continue Reading →Besides the issue of music, there is perhaps no more controversial topic for Christians today than whether believers should partake of alcoholic beverages.
Two potential errors exist in this discussion. First, some Christians argue that Christians in the first century (i.e. during and after Jesus’ ministry on earth) did not drink beverages with any alcoholic [...]
Continue Reading →I am very excited about the upcoming release of my new book, Worship in Song: A Biblical Philosophy of Music and Worship. Published by BMH Books, this volume will be released in just a few weeks!
The book will retail for $17.99, but for one week only, Religious Affections Ministries is offering a pre-order discount [...]
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