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April 2018

April 20, 2018

A Call to Reject Sensual Worship and Return to Liturgy

Worship: A Prelude to What? Though I'm not reaching for shock value, the comparison between...

April 18, 2018

Your Mercy Is Like Worthless Bits of Paper: Dumb Words Churches Sing

If there's one thing commercial Christian "worship" music does well, it's mixing metaphor. There's one...

April 08, 2018

No More We Doubt Thee: Why It’s Okay to Be a Thomas

I've always loved the story of Jesus appearing to Thomas. Maybe it's because of the...

April 03, 2018

Jesus Chose a Woman to Preach the First Easter, So Let’s Do the Same.

This Sunday was my 34th time to hear an Easter sermon. Photo: wikipedia

March 2018

March 31, 2018

13 More Things You Don’t Want To Hear the Pastor Say on Easter Sunday

13. I tell you what, our jesusy cover band is making Easter great again! 12....

March 29, 2018

Top Ten Things You Don’t Want to Hear the Pastor Say on Easter Sunday

10. Please rise for our first hymn, "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" by...

March 20, 2018

A Plea to Baptists Everywhere: Don’t Forget Your Hymns and Gospel Songs

As I rocked my infant daughter late last night, I started humming a gospel song...

March 15, 2018

64 Terrible Church Bulletin Mistakes

And this is why you always - ALWAYS - proofread the bulletin. Answers were provided...

March 05, 2018

Dear Preacher: You’re Not a Performer, and You Don’t Have an Audience

Full confession: I'm not a preacher. That probably won't surprise anyone in my audience. See,...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Some Things I Don’t Understand: What Mister Rogers Can Teach Us About Worship

Fifteen years ago today we lost Mister Rogers. Presbyterian minister. Puppeteer. Television friend and neighbor....

February 20, 2018

Dear Church: It’s Time We Stop Idolizing the Millennials

A decade ago, my wife and I were a young newlywed couple in the process...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

The Perfect Hymn For a Narcissistic Church

"Holy, Holy, Holy! though the darkness hide Thee/though the eye of sinful man Thy glory...

January 08, 2018

January 07, 2018

Today at Highpoint Church: When a Worship Song Is Blasphemous

Whatever the great state of Texas may say, there is no statute of limitations...

January 05, 2018

January 02, 2018

It May Be a New Year, But Don’t Leave Christmas’s Cradle Quite Yet

Far too often the church forgets the privilege of its own calendar, instead rushing ahead...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

The Real Reason I Love to Hate “Mary, Did You Know”

"It's somber and a little menacing, melodically. It's the one I used to sing when...

December 24, 2017

Top Ten Things a Church Musician Doesn’t Want to Hear on Christmas Eve

For your average worshiper, Christmas Eve is a beautiful time of carols, candlelight, and community....

December 18, 2017

Songs That Are NOT Christmas Songs, Or Even Winter Holiday Songs

What are the Christmas songs you hate? Which ones can you not stand to be...

December 12, 2017

It's about time.

October 2017

October 29, 2017

95 More for the Modern Church’s Door: Sparking a Reformation in the Entertainment Church

How to do worship is not fundamentally a question of preference, but meaning.

October 15, 2017

Hillsongization and the Insidious Nature of Commercial Worship Music

The commercialization of our music for worship has led to a global takeover by a...

October 03, 2017

There Goes the Neighborhood: What I Think About Mark Driscoll’s Move to Patheos

Apparently Mark Driscoll's blog now has a home in this neighborhood. Yes, that Mark Driscoll....

September 2017

September 27, 2017

But There’s No Liturgy in the Bible!

The practices that much of Christianity dismisses as artificial ‘traditions of men’ have a Biblical...

September 08, 2017

71 Things I Would Rather Hear than the New Hillsong Album

I get the most interesting responses when I tell people what I do for a...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

When Disaster Ruins Your Best Life: Joel Osteen’s Biggest Problem

Everyone is talking about Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church. Apparently, they didn't open their doors...

August 30, 2017

11 Hymns for a City Devastated by Water

Dear friends, this has been a tough week to be from the Houston area. At...

August 17, 2017

Why Would a Megachurch…

It happens, apparently.

August 15, 2017

9 Signs Your Church Might Be Doing Bad Worship

I've been saying for years now that bad worship leads to a bloated, malnourished church....

July 2017

July 24, 2017

Hymns Didn’t Come from Drinking Songs: Putting an End to the Myth

No, the melodies of our beloved hymns weren't borrowed from drinking songs, bar tunes, and...

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