We’ve designed Sound Worship to be especially useful with small study groups. 6 short, easy-to-read, engaging chapters provide perfect opportunity for discussion and application in… Read More »Use Sound Worship in a study group!
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We are very excited to announce the publication of a new book, Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World by… Read More »Now Available! Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World by Scott Aniol
No Googling or looking anything up. Just off of the top of your head, who said the following? The first to guess correctly will win… Read More »Who said this: "…the rock music had actually destroyed the plants' cells."
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Christians should set apart every day unto to the Lord as a sacrifice of worship, but the first day of the week has been specifically… Read More »The Lord's Day
I’m delighted to be able to review and recommend Dan Forrest’s new CD, “Arise, Shine!” I’ll first offer some broad impressions of the whole album,… Read More »CD Review: "Arise, Shine!" – The Choral Music of Dan Forrest
Christmas—a very mention of the word produces delight and expectation in the hearts of people everywhere. Or does it? For some Christians, Christmas is a… Read More »Where Is Christ in Christmas?
I have strong convictions about worship philosophy. I also have strong opinions about certain applications of that philosophy. But these are not the same thing.… Read More »Applications are not as important as Philosophy
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… Read More »Can Rap be Christian? Evaluating Hip Hop
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… Read More »Can Rap be Christian? The Presuppositions
I’m excited to announce the coming publication of my new book, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World! This book… Read More »New book coming in January: Sound Worship
On the wall in my study I have three portraits. All three are portraits of theologians who were also heavily involved with music. They are… Read More »The Watts Controversy
Music philosophy is not a separation issue of the same kind of level as heterodoxy or flagrant, known sin. Probably one of the most common… Read More »Is Music a Separation Issue?
I’d like to highlight a few articles by Michael Horton, articles that were among the first to significantly shape my thinking on worship and music… Read More »Michael S. Horton – The First Significant Influence in My Journey Towards Radical Conservatism
Does music matter to God? Should it matter to us? We are living in a day when people — even Christians — see music as… Read More »Does Music Matter?
The Glory Due His Name: What God Says About Worship by Gary Reimers. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2009. 100 pp. $9.95. The Glory Due His… Read More »Book Review: The Glory Due His Name by Gary Reimers
As I consider the landscape of fundamentalism today,1 some characteristics of its worship encourage me, while others concern me. The primary influences on modern fundamentalist… Read More »What is influencing fundamentalist worship today?
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,… Read More »Externalism
I’ve been doing some reading recently from both Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney. In most ways, these men, their philosophies, theologies, and practices are polar… Read More »Why trying to emulate Edwards may actually be emulating Finney