Advent Carols
We all know which carols to pull out for Christmas, but which carols do we turn to if we really want to observe Advent rather than start our Christmas celebrations early? Of course the two classics...
View ArticleRant 2: The So-called “Worship Wars”
While teaching a class at Trinity Western University, I gave what I thought was a brilliant lecture in which I explored the arguments of Barth and his contemporaries, and the “God is dead” theologians...
View ArticleWorship: Hit Single or Concept Album
I came across an article yesterday that I thought was noteworthy: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/worship/features/29251-why-worship-should-be-risky In this article Michael Gungor discusses the...
View ArticleRant 3: No I don’t Want to Take the “I” out of Worship
A common complaint about recent worship music is that there is far too much focus on the first person (on the individual), and not enough focus on God, or on the community in which we worship....
View ArticleAnother Book for the List: “Broken Hallelujahs: Why Popular Music Matters to...
Can someone please tell me why I am just now hearing about Broken Hallelujahs: Why Popular Music Matters to Those Seeking God by Christian Scharen? This is a topic I have intended to rant about for...
View ArticlePage CXVI: Good Friday to Easter
Dear Readers, Next week (April 15th, to be exact) Page CXVI releases their final album in their Church Calendar series. They have graciously given me an advance copy to review (and have given me a link...
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