For those who have not (yet) read it, Edwards’s Religious Affections argues what are the proper marks of a genuine work of the Holy Spirit in the life… Read More »Edwards on the proportion of reverence to boldness
As conservatives, it can be easy to grow discouraged. There are very few of us. It seems that all of American Christianity (sorry, David de… Read More »The Lord is God (still)
Several days ago, I watched a posted video of a previously streamed chapel service at an independent Baptist school located in the deep woods of… Read More »Thoughts on Music not Being a Controversy When It Really is
Sometimes we really don’t appreciate the continuity of the Christian tradition, especially in that there is, by and large, an approach to the music of… Read More »A History of Psalm 130 in Music: Part 1
There is a narrow way of worship that walks between two great gulfs of peril. One one side you have terror, on the other you… Read More »Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling
Malachi 1:6-9 (ESV) reads: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And… Read More »His Honor in 21st Century America
The section on prayer in John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion is surely one of the most beloved passages of that influential work. Therein,… Read More »Reverence in prayer
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
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
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
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
One of the most widely debated issues in churches today revolves around the subject of worship. What does worship that is acceptable to God look… Read More »Worship That Is Acceptable To God