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Christian conservatism stands upon two primary pillars: 1) a commitment to align one’s ideas with transcendent absolutes that are rooted in God himself; and, 2)… Read More »Conservative Pillar II: Nurturing Tradition
I am always thrilled when someone introduces me to a hymn that is well-written and theologically rich, and for some reason or another has been… Read More »Hymn Highlights: "Jesus Lives, and So Shall I"
Avoiding legalism is firstly a matter of rightly understanding what it is. To begin with, we must reject incorrect definitions of legalism. One such error… Read More »Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Application of Scripture
In the first post of this series, I offered this thesis: “because the Bible is itself expressed in certain forms, and because the Bible is… Read More »Sola Scriptura and Form: Theology as a Problem
I have suggested that the twin pillars of conservatism are 1) an affirmation of transcendent absolute principles of truth, goodness, and beauty; and 2) a… Read More »Conservative Pillar I: Transcendent Absolutes
Changing the lyrics of hymns we sing has a long, established precedent, and for good reason. If hymns are meant to be genuine expressions of… Read More »Changing hymn lyrics
This month, our pastor used Sunday evenings to preach a series covering the broad, overarching metanarrative of Scripture. Titled “The Epic Story,” he moved in… Read More »Notes on "It Is Well"
At the heart of Martin Luther’s reformation of the Church were his reforms in worship. In celebration of Reformation Day, let us consider his influence.… Read More »Martin Luther’s Worship Reforms
Conservative Christians are not strangers to the charge of legalism. Begin tinkering with the sacred cows of worship music and Christian culture, and you will… Read More »Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Introduction
Dr. Matt Olson, president of Northland International University, opened a recent sermon on music thus: “What about the music? You know, it’s interesting, as we… Read More »Sola Scriptura and Form: Introduction
The term “conservative” gets thrown around a lot, but do people really know what it means? We’ve progressed to the point, even among those who… Read More »What does it mean to be “conservative”?
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 . Poets… Read More »Review: Elegy for Trains by Benjamin Myers
At least nine times, Scripture directly refers to a “new song,” via both psalmist (Ps. 33:3; 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1) and prophet (Isa 42:10;… Read More »Sing to the Lord a New Song
Continuing to clarify a truly biblical understanding of Sola Scriptura (you can read other posts here and here), I post for your consideration John Piper’s… Read More »Piper on the Sufficiency of Scripture
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… Read More »Is the Bible Enough?
In light of some recent sermons about music and the sufficiency of Scripture (about which I’ve received dozens of concerned e-mails), I’d like to link… Read More »What Sola Scriptura means, and what it does not mean
Several of the controversies which have risen, with regard to the sabbath, whether jewish or christian, and the holiness of it, though they are not… Read More »Isaac Watts on the perpetuity of a sabbath
Here are PDFs and audio from the entire Christian hymnody series: Hymnody of the Church Part 1 | Audio Hymnody of the Church Part 2… Read More »The Hymnody of the Christian Church
So where does this leave us today? I will conclude with several brief suggestions of we should be striving toward in our choices of hymns… Read More »Hymnody Today: What Do We Do?
The dethroning of the Church by Reason and the creation of pop culture left the Church in an awkward position. Its cultural influence was non-existent.… Read More »Two Roads Diverged