Archive

Posts Tagged ‘bible’

Singing the Gospel

November 3rd, 2009

C.J. Mahaney answers the question, “Why sing so many cross-centered songs in corporate worship?” at Bob Kauflin’s WorshipGod conference. Absolutely worth all 8 minutes 35 seconds. Phenomenal.

Bookmark and Share

[Post to Twitter] 

Worship in Spirit and Truth

October 9th, 2009
Desiring God I’m just preparing for an hour of training with some younger worship leaders in CCK as part of a 7 week thing we’re doing. Reading up John Piper’s chapter in Desiring God on worship, ‘The Feast of a Christian Hedonist’. It’s awesome.My quote for the day…

Worshipping in spirit is the opposite of empty formalism and traditionalism. Worshipping in truth is the opposite of worship based on an inadequate view of God. Worship must have heart and head. Worship must engage emotions and thought.

Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and church full of artificial admirers (like people who write generic anniversary cards for a living). On the other hand, emotion without truth produces empty frenzy and cultivates shallow people who refuse he disciple of rigorous thought. But true worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in truth are the bone and morrow of biblical worship.

Bookmark and Share

[Post to Twitter] 

Does it matter what we sing? (Part 3)

July 2nd, 2009

Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

So it’s important that lyrics are true and reliable if people are going to sing them and allow them to feed truth into their daily lives. So does that mean we should restrict our song content to Scripture quotations?

While there’s a strong argument for saying “yes”, it is clear from Scripture and church history that the people of God have always benefited from contemporary expressions of eternal doctrine applied and expressed in a way that their generation can easily grasp. The meaning and content of Scripture should always be central to the songwriter’s work; but there is value in moving beyond the mere reciting of Scripture in order to explore the meaning, much as a preacher might do in a sermon.

Bookmark and Share

[Post to Twitter]