In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul makes the specific argument that in corporate worship, the gift of prophecy is to be desired over the gift of… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Believers, Not Unbelievers
Once we understand that beauty is close to glory in meaning, we will without any difficulty find beauty at the heart of many Christian endeavors.… Read More »Beauty and Christianity’s Primary Endeavors
Psalm 96 is a call to sing, and it gives us clear explanation of why we are supposed to sing. As we have already seen,… Read More »Singing as a Response and Witness
When some people speak of “making Christianity relevant”, they are referring to demonstrating Christianity’s importance and applicability. They fret over the fact that unbelievers and… Read More »Relevance and Importance
Roy Beacham Having described in the previous essay how God directed me into police chaplaincy, I would like to follow with a personal philosophy of… Read More »A Philosophy of Police Chaplaincy
In 2013, Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theologian Seminary, wrote a kind review in Artistic Theologian of my first book, Worship in Song: A Biblical… Read More »Answering Paige Patterson’s Suggestions for Worship in Song
In 1 Cor 9:22, Paul says, “I have become all things to all men that by all means I might save some.” This should not be… Read More »All Things to All Men | Part 5: What the Passage Means (vv22-23)
I am writing a series of posts on the meaning of 1 Cor 9:19-23, in particular his comment in verse 22, “I have become all things… Read More »All Things to All Men | Part 4: What the Passage Means (vv21-22)
In 1 Cor 9:22, Paul writes, “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” This is series… Read More »All Things to All Men | Part 3: What the Passage Means (vv19-20)
How should we pray for unbelievers? 1 Timothy 2:1–2 helps answer this question. Let’s get the context first and then look at the content of… Read More »How to Pray for Unbelievers – Instruction from 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Paul asked for prayer multiple times in multiple letters. Here are two passages that act as examples to instruct us how to pray for ourselves… Read More »How to Pray for Yourself and Others to Give the Gospel
This article first appeared on The Artistic Theologian, the online theological journal of Southwestern Seminary’s School of Church Music. The Lord Jesus Christ gave the church… Read More »The significance of worship for the Great Commission
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 I have been arguing that Paul’s method of ministry deliberately avoided… Read More »Relevance is Irrelevant (Part 13)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 The first three chapters of 1 Corinthians debunks the importance of the… Read More »Relevance is Irrelevant (Part 12)
In this series I have been exploring the relationship between worship and the mission of God. I have already established that the mission of God… Read More »How does the church’s mission relate to worship?
Last week I argued that a biblical understanding of both worship and evangelism will understand evangelism to be subservient to worship; the gospel creates worshipers.… Read More »The mission of God and the mission of the church
I have attempted in this series to provide a framework for evaluating the relationship between worship and mission. Using Jonathan Edwards’ categories of “Ends” helps… Read More »God’s Mission: Worship
The sixth conclusion drawn from the idea that culture is behavior is that the relationship between holy culture essay order and unholy culture should be… Read More »The Relationship Between Holy Culture and Unholy Culture Should be One of Witness
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 I believe that the first three chapters of 1 Corinthians ought to guide our thinking concerning the relationship of our… Read More »Relevance is irrelevant (Part 4)
There is little doubt that the missional church movement has been influential in evangelical churches, and that it continues to grow. Having surveyed the history… Read More »The Good and the Bad of Missional Worship