This spoken word piece by Jefferson Bethke has attracted a lot of attention over the last few days. (Almost seven million youtube views at this point.) It’s central theme is that Jesus hates religion. Have a listen. While it sounds both plausible and inviting, how does it stack up against the Bible? Kevin DeYoung provides …
Zac Hicks summarises Eleven Reasons Singing Is Important from John Bell’s The Singing Thing. The Singing Thing was among a number of books on worship which which Hicks recently recommended. Think I’ll grab a copy. We sing: 1. Because we can. Singing is natural. Really, everyone can sing. We cannot say this about many other …
On Sunday night we looked at Psalm 1 (149 to go) and I mentioned that it is not correct to think of the Bible as God’s ‘workshop manual’ for humans. Rather it is the revelation of Himself, His love for us, and our response. In Psalm 1 that which is being meditated upon is the …
This youtube acknowledges the soon to be forgotten memes of 2011. ht While this post nominates ten buzz-words/phrases that should be consigned to the past as well. Included are: Game-changer; Just Sayin’; Boom; and Story Teller. ht
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