Did you know that you can listen to every track (in their entirety) of God Himself Is With Us: the Gospel Proclaimed Through Hymns for… Read More »Listen to every full track from God Himself is With Us for free!
We’ve been discussing the topic of teaching children to worship here for some time, and now I’d like to get your feedback. I’ve offered suggestions… Read More »Your turn: What have you done to teach children how to worship?
I’ve just finished a week of vacation with family, so I’m getting caught up on e-mails, comments, etc. There were some good questions and comments… Read More »More on teaching children hymns
I recently received the following question via e-mail: I am the youth pastor at _______ Baptist Church in _______. I really enjoyed your article “Train… Read More »How to introduce hymnody into your church children's programs
Here is a question about culture and missions I recently received by e-mail: I am intrigued by this idea of culture and music. It seems… Read More »Should we use Western music when planting indigenous churches in other cultures?
Click here for a FREE subscription to InTune. InTune is a newsletter for church music directors, church musicians, and pastors (especially those without qualified music… Read More »InTune for July 2009
Children learn to worship God primarily through participating in rightly ordered worship. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he… Read More »Train Your Child's Heart Before His Head
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The only way children learn to worship God rightly is by observing right worship. Could it be that worship is such a mess today because… Read More »How Can We Teach Our Children To Worship?
For many Christians, wedding are unfortunately an opportunity for sentimentalism, extravagant pageantry, and smarmy music. It is my burden however, that a Christian wedding be… Read More »Weddings: Opportunities to Proclaim the Gospel
I am thrilled to announce a new web site that we have been developing that seeks to help pastors, church music directors, and other church… Read More »Introducing ChurchMusicFiles.com!
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… Read More »A Tale of Two Song Leaders
Let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. My fellow song leaders and pastors, If… Read More »A Plea for Serious, Thoughtful Song Leading
There have been several interesting taxonomies of music/worship philosophies developed recently that have spurred me to think through classifying various positions. They intrigued me mostly… Read More »On Taxonomies of Music/Worship Philosophies
“The new Calvinists constantly extol the Puritans, but they do not want to worship or live as they did. One of the vaunted new conferences… Read More »A Well-Known Calvinist Repudiates the Charismaticism and Worldly Worship of "New Calvinism."
Fiction is good for the soul. Good fictional literature grips the imagination and shapes the affections, both important for the life of faith. For that… Read More »Two Modern Novel Recommendations
Besides the issue of music, there is perhaps no more controversial topic for Christians today than whether believers should partake of alcoholic beverages. Two potential… Read More »Excellent Book on Christians and Alcohol
Below are links to individual posts and the full document of the “Correcting Categories” series. Correcting Categories, Part 1 – Biblical Authority Correcting Categories, Part… Read More »Full "Correcting Categories" Series
If the Church today is going to be able to rightly apply biblical principles to music and worship, it must recover important categories that are… Read More »Correcting Categories, Part 10 – Conclusion
Today, the influences of Modernism, Revivalism, and Charismaticism in the Church’s understanding of the purpose and function of music in worship cannot be overestimated. First,… Read More »Correcting Categories, Part 9 – the Church Today