Carl Trueman observes that while seminaries/theological colleges struggle to teach preaching well, a more pronounced weakness is training in what he calls ‘pulpit prayer’, the prayers said by the pastor while leading worship. Yet there is another thing that is not done well at seminary, something which is rarely noticed and which is consequently something …
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 …
I’ve observed that when picking songs for church services around Christmas time new material needs to be incorporated sparingly because what people (regular and infrequent attenders alike) really want to sing are all the traditional songs. They’ll belt out the old stuff but stand there in polite bemusement during the new stuff. Mark Sumpter wishes …
You don’t hear as much about ‘seeker-sensitive’ services as much as you used to back in the 80s and 90s, but Eric McKiddie revisits the terminology and reminds us that our focus should be on the One who the Bible teaches is the only true seeker. My philosophy of ministry is strongly geared toward Seeker …
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