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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

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Missions and Music Contextualizing the Gospel

A blog series from Religious Affections Ministries.

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Review: Elegy for Trains by Benjamin Myers

On October 26, 2010 By

Benjamin Myers
Elegy for Trains
Village Books Press
ISBN Number: 978-0-9818680-6-6

Over the last quarter century, poetry has done some rather public soul searching.  Poets and critics alike have spilled gallons of ink (both actual and virtual) on whether poetry does—or can—still matter and why.  Naysayers [...]

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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.

Along [...]

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Musical Form in Christian Hymnody

On July 27, 2010 By
This entry is part 5 of 14 in the series The Hymnody of the Christian Church

Musical form shapes content in very similar ways to poetic form, yet it is a bit more abstract and thus considerably more difficult to readily recognize. But because music communicates by mimicking natural human expression, anyone can discern the basic meaning of music by simply listening closely and asking a few penetrating questions.

Music contains [...]

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Word and Phrase Choice in Christian Hymnody

On July 15, 2010 By
This entry is part 3 of 14 in the series The Hymnody of the Christian Church

Word/Phrase Choice

There are several different ways that content can be shaped within a hymn. The first is simply with what words are chosen to communicate the message. Words are important. How we put them together into phrases is important. Words and phrases are important because different words and phrases have different connotations—different “feelings” attached [...]

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A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 6

On June 2, 2010 By
This entry is part of 7 in the series A Theology of Conservatism

In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, and part 5 here.

In the same way, the aseity of God [...]

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A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 3

On May 12, 2010 By
This entry is part of 7 in the series A Theology of Conservatism

In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here and part 2 here.

Implications of God’s aseity The world derives its meaning by virtue of its being revealed by God.

Before the beginning, God alone was. And [...]

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Podcast: Q&A – April 20, 2010

On May 3, 2010 By

In this podcast, Scott answers several questions that have been posted in the suggestion box on www.religiousaffections.org, including:

Granted aesthetic values r universals rooted n God’s nature y cant some rock music cant b beautiful? To put it another way, why does God’s nature automatically rule out rock/pop/jazz genre? What do you think of songs/hymns [...]

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