Ed Stetzer wrote about the funeral of Cliff Barrows, an integral member of the Billy Graham Evangelistic movement. A striking point illustrated how Barrows’ ego was submissive to the cause of the kingdom: Most clearly, Cliff was not about Cliff. One of the speakers said that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association originally had the name …
Cardiphonia’s latest release is Songs For The Incarnation, a bumper twenty-three song compilation of tracks that focus on the incarnation. There is a huge variety of styles evident here, with many of the tracks serving as a sampler and introduction to two dozen musicians whose music is largely for worship in the church. Available on …
CityAlight is the name under which St. Paul’s Castle Hill have released Yours Alone, a new album of songs for worship. There’s already a helpful review and introduction by Andrew Finden at A Borrowed Flame, so I won’t duplicate that, except to say that I agree. The songs are lyricically strong and musically engage a …
Paul Clark publishes a short post by Mark Edwards on using both screens and hymn books at different times to support congregation singing. I grew up in a church that used word-only hymn books and simply learned all the tunes by ear over time. Most of the churches in my denomination were the same, so …
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