Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Yes, I mean it. You need to read this book. Not only that, you need to read it in a particular way, which is, out… Read More »Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Yes, I mean it. You need to read this book. Not only that, you need to read it in a particular way, which is, out… Read More »Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
This past week I spoke at the Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center Music Conference. I was the keynote speaker for the pre-conference on Monday,… Read More »Notes from sessions at the Wilds Music Conference
I appreciate Joel Beeke, the pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids and the President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics… Read More »Handled with reverence and care
My four-year-old son has been learning French recently. Well, sort of. We’ve checked out some children’s French DVDs from our local library, and each day… Read More »Learning to Worship is Like Learning a Foreign Language
I have suggested in this series that in order to preserve the truth in our worship, we must be concerned about how we are shaping… Read More »Transmitting Imagination to our Children
Last week I argued that, if we are committed to conservative worship, it only follows that we should be committed to perpetuating conservative worship in… Read More »Teaching children hymns: recommendations
We believe that the great Christian tradition of hymnody should be perpetuated. We treasure the invaluable contributions of the saints to our corporate and private… Read More »Teach children hymns
Conservative Christianity, at its heart, is committed to preserving transcendent ideas rooted in the very nature and character of God. It seeks to accomplish this… Read More »Conservative Christians will be committed to transmitting these worship forms to future generations
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?
How can we conserve biblical worship? We can conserve biblical worship by regulating our worship by God’s Word, by learning to distinguish between ordinate affection… Read More »How Can We Conserve Biblical Worship? Part 6
Conservative Christians will be committed to transmitting these worship forms to future generations. This leads to my final point of discussion. If our goal as… Read More »How Can We Conserve Biblical Worship? Part 5
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
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
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?
I spoke today at the Michigan Association of Christian Schools Teachers Convention. This is the lecture I presented. My task today is to convince you… Read More »The Teaching Power of Music
Kurtz, Dean. God’s Word, the Final Word on Worship and Music, A Biblical Study. Self-published, 2008. 364 pp. $15.59. Purchase: Amazon ISBNs: 1606473239 / 978-1606473238… Read More »Book Review: God's Word, the Final Word on Worship and Music, A Biblical Study
The following are quotes from the first chapter of The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis: “Until quite modern times all teachers and even… Read More »Men Without Chests
The purpose of this essay is not to argue that visual media is inherently evil. Nor is its purpose to contend that visual media lacks… Read More »An Argument for the Superiority of Printed Media Over Visual Media