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Defining Conservatism

The term “conservative” gets thrown around a lot, but do people really know what it means?

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Recovering Intentional Worship by David de Bruyn

Some Things to Consider Including In Your Church Service

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Missions and Music Contextualizing the Gospel

A blog series from Religious Affections Ministries.

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Scott Aniol speaks on the subject of music and worship around the country. Schedule him to speak in your church, plan and lead your worship service, or lead a hymn service.

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Is the Bible Enough?

On October 22, 2010 By

I continue to receive e-mails concerning seemingly more and more common explanations of Sola Scriptura that in effect strip it down to nothing more than what Kevin Bauder calls Nuda Scriptura. You can read a good explanation of the doctrine by Jason Parker here, along with links to more pertinent articles.

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Music Ministry in Brazil: A Report

On July 20, 2010 By

As many of you know, my wife and I recently took a missions trip to Brazil (photos | video highlights. We were invited by Ed Alexander to participate in their annual music conference and sing/preach in some area churches. I thought I’d give a [...]

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Preserving the Truth Conference

On July 5, 2010 By

This looks like it will be a great example of a Fundamentalism worth saving: www.truthconference.org.

Speakers include Bauder, Doran, Minnick, and Compton.

Subjects include: separation, the gospel, continuationism, young earth creationism, apologetics, worship, and music.

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Free hymns for use this weekend

On April 1, 2010 By

UPDATE (4:17PM): the broken links have been fixed!

Here are some resources you might find helpful as we consider our Lord’s death and resurrection this weekend:

Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted (O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN)
Text: Thomas Kelly, 1769-1854
Tune: Geistliche Volkslider, Paderborn, 1850

Lyrics Free [...]

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Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 4: The Redemption of Beauty

On January 29, 2010 By

The following is take from Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World.

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: The Source of Beauty
Part 3: The Marring of Beauty

The Redemption of Beauty

Since sin marred beauty in [...]

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Can Rap be Christian? The Presuppositions

On October 5, 2009 By

Are “Christian” and “rap” mutually exclusive?

Mark Dever’s answer after a 9Marks interview with Shai Linne and Curtis Allen (Voice): “Hardly.” This from one of the most conservative evangelicals alive today. It is primarily for that reason that I’d like to make a few comments about the interview. If [...]

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Three new hymns you might want to introduce to your church

On September 24, 2009 By

I’d like to highlight three hymns for your church.

The first in one that we introduced to our church just this month. It’s a rich hymn about the church written by John Dalles (text) and Dan Forrest (tune) called “Change Your Church, O God.” It fit perfectly with the series on church unity our pastor [...]

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