Jon Acuff has a post on song lyrics that result in those who sing them “Overcommitting to God in Worship” at Stuff Christians Like: You need a song that expresses how much you are committed to the Lord. When…hark! What does that lady worship leader start singing? Oh, these words are just right; they express …
Three posts from Ligon Duncan on the The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson website/blog. Reproduced from 2002, the content is sound and timely. Here are Duncan’s six head-points: (1) we need elders who want the work, not just the status of an elder; (2) we need elders who are godly men – because character, godliness, …
I’m having a ball reading T. David Gordon’s Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns. Many of Gordon’s asides are interesting in themselves. Part of the book is an extended evaluation of the use of the guitar to lead congregational singing in corporate worship. Having written that: There is no good musical reason to insist on accompanying …
Dan Phillips writes about church membership covenants at Pyromaniacs. As he considers the contrast between what could be termed low expectation and high expectation covenants he also notes a missing aspect of the whole issue: what the church leaders should be covenanting with the membership. He asks: Where is the elder-board’s (or whoever’s) list of …
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