Lots of people are referring to this post (which is consciously framed in a gracious and constructive manner), particularly these three points: 1. If we, the congregation, can’t hear ourselves, it’s not worship. Christian worship is not a concert. In a concert (a particular “form of performance”), we often expect to be overwhelmed by sound, …
From Craig Groeschel: If you weren’t on staff at your church, would you worship there? [to which I add, ‘Do you only attend in the evenings because you’re paid to?’] If you didn’t know ANYTHING about Jesus, what would you know about him after a normal weekend at your church? If you had a loved …
Continuing on our recent strand of posts about corporate prayer, Michael McKinley at the 9Marks blog has posted Six Ways To Help People Pray: Pretty much everyone would agree that prayer is an important part of the Christian life. And pretty much everyone would agree that most Christians don’t pray as much or as well …
Terry Johnson is pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, USA. Ligon Duncan refers to calendars of hymns and psalms for singing which Johnson produces around which the songs for IPC’s worship songs are chosen. Johnson’s aim is for all the Psalms to be sung over a three year cycle and for the ‘best’ …
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