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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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Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 3)

On January 31, 2012 By
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Public Worship and Private Worship

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We have been offering reasons why public worship is better than private. Public worship is the gathered, corporate worship of a local church. Private worship includes times of informal worship apart from the church: small groups, private Bible study and prayer, and family worship. Sometimes Christians today offer [...]

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Recordings: Instrumental Hymns

On November 29, 2011 By

This is a brief series recommending good, conservative sacred music recordings. I began the series with several introductory remarks and a list of good albums of choral hymns and anthems. Last week I suggested several albums of Psalms sung in English. This final installment will list some different instrumental recordings of hymns. My list, again, [...]

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Recordings: Choral Hymns and Anthems

On November 8, 2011 By

I am frequently asked, “What do you listen to?” when folks find out how conservative I am. Continue Reading →

Did Luther use tunes from love songs?

On October 27, 2011 By

It is irresponsible to claim that Luther used tunes from secular loves songs for his hymns and compare it to today’s situation.

If there is one argument in defense of bringing secular musical forms into the church that I’ve heard more than any other, it is certainly one that insists that Luther used [...]

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Wrested . . . from churchly control

On May 10, 2011 By

Nathan Hatch, in his Democratization of American Christianity, writes concerning the changes in American religion due to the implicit notion of the “Sovereign Audience”:

Popular gospel music became a pervasive reality in Jacksonian culture because people wrested singing from churchly control. The music created a spontaneous, moving medium, capable of capturing the identity [...]

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Hymns of the Cross

On April 18, 2011 By

David Oestreich is beginning a series on hymns of the cross at his blog, which may interest readers of this site. Check it out.

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Isaac Watts was kind enough to write me a letter (with a postscript)

On April 5, 2011 By

I received this letter from Isaac Watts a couple years ago, and published it on my blog. Watts gave me permission to publish it so I have done so here at RA again, with an additional postscript at the end.*

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Abney Park in Stoke Newington, September 30, 2008

To Mr. Ryan Martin

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