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Conservative Christians will be committed to worship forms that foster ordinate affection toward God.
Commitment to the Regulative Principles of Worship solves the question of what we will include in our corporate worship, but it doesn’t necessarily address how we will do it. Conservatives have always recognized that while the Bible clearly prescribes what elements [...]
Continue Reading →Externalism is a sneaky error in which we insist that the outward appearance reveals the heart. Or, another way of saying it is that inward, heart realities will show themselves outwardly.
Conservatives are often charged with externalism by progressives. The progressives claim (sometimes rightly) that conservatives place too much emphasis on outward appearance, forms, rituals, duties, and traditions [...]
Continue Reading →Joy.
What exactly is joy?
I can say that I experienced the emotion of joy while riding a roller coaster. It’s this thrilling enthusiasm that sends tingles all up and down my spine. It’s an exhilaration that permeates my whole body.
I can also say that I experienced the emotion of joy while worshiping. But is it the same [...]
Continue Reading →About a year ago I posted a piece on leading congregational singing; I compared two conferences, one in which I was privileged to plan and lead the services, and another I had recently attended.
I made some somewhat controversial statements about what I observed in the leadership of that conference. My primary contention [...]
Continue Reading →Good points on the physical vs. spiritual nature of some music.
Continue Reading →That’s not the way God relates to His people…He does so through His word all of grace by faith.
Thomas Clay on”cutting the flesh” in worship.
What are some ways that we “cut our flesh”? What are some ways that we try to “produce” God’s presence? In what [...]
Continue Reading →Matthew Elliot has some helfpul discussion of the difference between emotions and feelings. For Elliot, “emotions” are what I mean when I talk about “affections,” and “feelings” are what I mean when I talke about physical passions. Here’s an excerpt:
My major point is that emotions are about our thoughts, [...]
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