The latest edition of the online 9Marks Journal has a variety of articles on church song and church singing. “Why do congregations sing, what should they sing about, and how can they sing better?” So sets of articles on songs, singing and song leading feature. Well worth a read.
Kevin DeYoung provides more detail about congregational prayer services. At MGPC we swiped the idea of first Sunday of the month evening services given over to prayer from an earlier post by DeYoung. I tend to get stuck in ruts, so this post which suggests variations of prayer content is very helpful for me. It …
Helpful thoughts from Brian Croft on intentionally evaluating worship services. The primary role of service review is two fold: First, service review is a safeguard to maintain biblical fidelity within the public gatherings of the church. Secondly, service review is a tool to cultivate the skill of giving and receiving sincere, helpful, and godly criticism, …
Paul Clark Jr writes about intentionally pursuing corporate worship which demonstrates the shattering of barriers which can only happen through the Gospel. In this case, it is the relentless pursuit of youth preferences and that which is new. When contemporary church life seeks (even inadvertently) to put barriers back it undermines Gospel life and witness. …
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