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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

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Missions and Music Contextualizing the Gospel

A blog series from Religious Affections Ministries.

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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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The Enlightenment and Christian Hymnody

On September 8, 2010 By
This entry is part 11 of 14 in the series The Hymnody of the Christian Church

This far in our journey we have witnessed an almost unbroken stream of Judeo-Christian tradition. From King David to Lutheran composer Johann Crüger (1598-1662) we find a slow and steady cultivation of poetic and musical forms. There were certainly bumps in the road and many changes along the way, yet for around 1800 years the quality [...]

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Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns

On July 28, 2010 By

I don’t have time to do a full-fledged review of this new book by T. David Gordon (author of Why Johnny Can’t Preach), but I do want to highly recommend it to you. I couldn’t agree more with Gordon’s approach, underlying assumptions, and conclusions in this book.

Gordon argues that pop [...]

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Can Rap be Christian? No.

On October 10, 2009 By

Here are links to my discussion of Christian rap in response to Mark Dever’s 9Marks interview with Shai Linne:

The Presuppositions

Believers and Depravity

Neutral Things

Culture

Evaluating Hip Hop

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Can Rap be Christian? Evaluating Hip Hop

On October 9, 2009 By

Today we finally arrive at a discussion of the nature of rap itself. This post will be beneficial for you, however, only if you accept the following assertions on made on Monday:

Man is completely depraved and thus cannot trust his own preferences implicitly. Music is a medium of human communication and [...]

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Can Rap be Christian? Culture

On October 8, 2009 By

We are discussing Christian rap this week in response to Mark Dever’s recent interview with Shai Linne and Curtis Allen.

Monday I argued three important points:

Man is completely depraved and thus cannot trust his own preferences implicitly. Music is a medium of human communication and thus must be carefully evaluated to [...]

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Can Rap be Christian? Neutral Things

On October 7, 2009 By

As we discuss the issue of Christian rap, I am moving toward an evaluation of the form itself. But before we get there I must lay the necessary groundwork to prove that such an evaluation is necessary or even possible.

Monday I argued three important points:

Man is completely depraved and thus [...]

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