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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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Does contextualization heighten the likelihood of a positive response to the gospel?

On January 25, 2011 By
This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Missions and Music

Conversations about missions and music often revolve around an insistence that in order to reach unbelievers in a target culture, we need to contextualize the message into their language, be it spoken, acted, or sung.

Here are some helpful words from an excellent journal article by Mark Snoeberger that I think get to [...]

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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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One of the most important messages I've listened to in a long time

On February 23, 2010 By

This sermon, recently preached by Mark Minnick, is one of the most significant and important messages I’ve listened to in a long time. It deals with how to deal with the fact that a godly, blessed leader can sometimes lead others astray.

Leadership Anomalies (mp3)

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First two MBBC messages available online

On February 16, 2010 By

My first two messages from chapel at Maranatha Baptist Bible College are available online here. More coming Thursday and Friday.

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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? 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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