Made to Make Much of Something Great
Last month, I was asked by two very different groups to teach on the topic of worship. The first was a women’s bible study (about 70 women) who were having a day-long retreat in Bethesda, Maryland. The...
View ArticleHandiwork and Jesus
The barbarians are at the gate. And they play the electric guitar. This is the main point of the first chapter of Can We Rock the Gospel, by Dan Lucarini and John Blanchard, and it gets even better...
View ArticleThe Basic Principle
I read this quote recently from Allen Ross’s book Recalling the Hope of Glory. Biblical Worship From the Garden of Eden to The New Creation and found it to be a helpful and succinct summary of the...
View ArticleGod is Not Like Kim Jong Il
On Friday night I watched a fascinating National Geographic documentary on North Korea. Lisa Ling travels there with a camera crew accompanying a Nepalese eye surgeon. He’s allowed in on a...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to (And Can’t) Know Everything
There has been an encouraging trend recently in many circles in the worship world to emphasize the pastoral role of the worship leader (the Doxology and Theology conference is just one example) and...
View ArticleWe Believe Our God is Jesus?
What do you do when one word introduces theological imprecision to an otherwise good song? This is the dilemma in which we find ourselves with a song titled “Once and For All” featured on the new...
View ArticleA Theology of Worship
I was recently asked this question: What is your theology of worship? Specifically, how do you understand God at work in corporate worship and your purpose and role in worship? And I wrote a really...
View ArticleLet’s All Be A Bit More Childish
I am a big proponent of worship leaders thinking seriously about their role, thinking deeply about their theology, thinking practically about their skills, and thinking critically about current trends...
View ArticleJesus Is The Feast
There’s a line of thinking from those who prefer traditional forms of worship/music that goes something like this: Contemporary worship is like dessert. It’s sweet, appealing, and easy, but not...
View ArticlePointing At The Same Thing From Different Angles
In his book Christ Centered Worship, Bryan Chappel suggests eight components to a “gospel structure” for corporate worship, drawing from the narrative of Isaiah 6: Adoration (recognition of God’s...
View ArticleO Praise The One Who Paid My Debt
Last month I observed one of my favorite fall traditions in Northern Virginia. I paid my Fairfax County Personal Property Tax. For the privilege of driving on their roads, and parking my car in my own...
View ArticleMade to Make Much of Something Great
Last month, I was asked by two very different groups to teach on the topic of worship. The first was a women’s bible study (about 70 women) who were having a day-long retreat in Bethesda, Maryland. The...
View ArticleJesus Isn’t Looking for Perfect Music (Or Musicians)
Several years ago I read the book Music Through the Eyes of Faith by Harold Best, and for me, it was one of those books that I couldn’t stop underlining, re-reading, and devouring. In particular, I...
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