Rant About Worship Songs by Jeremy Pierce from First Things. Please consider the examples that Pierce gives. Here are some of the things I really hate in a worship song. 1. Too simplistic, banal, lacking in depth, shallow, doctrineless: Consider that one that just talks about unity among brothers that only mentions God in passing at the very …
Timothy Dudley Smith is an English hymn writer and retired bishop. Tonight we sang ‘Lord, For The Years’. Themes of personal salvation, the central importance of the Scriptures, prayer that the gospel will be received and the powerless and marginalised will be recognised flow and build to a strong affirmation that Christ will be glorified …
In a follow up to this post, Tullian Tchividjian expands on the theological thinking behind the decision to do away with Services divided on the basis of ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ music in a post entitled ‘This Is The Way It Ought To Be’. An excerpt: Paul kept affirming a foundational reality that always accompanies true …
Izaac showed a moment of authentic transparency with a comment about an old hymn. Later he writes about the constructive comment that I left which should stop that from ever happening again.
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