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July 2017

July 23, 2017

When the Music Fades: Why We Must Criticize Our Worship Superstars

By reducing worship to an issue of preference, we've reduced its importance, made ourselves into...

July 18, 2017

But Seriously Chris Tomlin, Good Hymns Don’t Need Your New Choruses

The problem is that these "rediscovered" hymns aren't really hymns at all.

July 14, 2017

Making Room in the Sanctuary for God’s Great Dance Floor

The only tradition in contemporary church culture is reinvention. That is the only Lord and...

July 05, 2017

Make Worship Great Again

"Make America Great Again" is not Christian in statement or purpose, and its blatant use...

July 03, 2017

When Singing a Hymn Is a Subversive Act

The New Testament is clear that to follow Christ is to affirm that he is...

July 02, 2017

“Make America Great Again”

At last night's "Celebrate Freedom Rally," the choir and orchestra of First Baptist Dallas premiered...

July 01, 2017

What Non-Americans Think of Patriotic “Worship”

I have to tell you, folks, it's not always clear if the American evangelical church...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

First Baptist Dallas Ignores Jesus, Worships America on “Freedom Sunday”

In all seriousness, can someone please tell me how this is in any way appropriate...

June 20, 2017

Everyone Can Sing: How to Stop the Non-Singer Epidemic in Our Churches

Oh sure, not everyone is a potential Callas or Pavarotti. But the truth is that...

June 07, 2017

Hillsong’s “Oceans” (Where This Song Fails)

"Oceans" is the greatest worship song ever. - Every Contemporary Worship Leader Ever, apparently If...

June 05, 2017

Please Rise for Our First Hymn, “Big House” by Audio Adrenaline

Or, why mainline churches really shouldn't try to do contemporary commercial worship. I'm always puzzled...

May 2017

May 28, 2017

11 Questions for Christians and Churches Celebrating Memorial Day Today

What do patriotic celebrations teach non-Americans about our view of the gospel?

May 24, 2017

Dear Christian, forsake the Sunday production. You have my blessing, even if you have no...

May 16, 2017

5 Reasons We Must Stop Doing Traditional Worship

For those of you who are familiar with my work, that title might be a...

May 10, 2017

Why Do Churches Need Good Pipe Organs and Organists?

John Blackburn was a classmate of mine at Baylor University. The first time I heard...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Some Hymns are Terrible, Too

I really wanted the title to be "Sometimes Hymns Suck, Too," but you have to...

April 28, 2017

Why I Don’t Listen to Contemporary Christian Music for Entertainment

I gave it up because, honestly, CCM wasn’t really contemporary, and it wasn’t really Christian....

April 18, 2017

Hymns to Sing During Easter Besides “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!”

He is risen, indeed. Alleluia! It's still Easter, friends. Of course, if you come from...

April 14, 2017

Why “Nailed It” Is a Poor Theme for an Easter Celebration

I dislike the silly little titles pastors give these series, the way it stamps their...

April 05, 2017

20 Hymns for Holy Week

On the night our Savior was betrayed, he gathered with his disciples for his last...

March 2017

March 26, 2017

Worship Quote of the Week: Robert Johnston on Pointless Modern Worship

"To change lives, our worship must connect with its congregants. God's story must enter into...

March 26, 2017

Lectionary Hymn of the Week: Longing for Light, We Wait in Darkness

Fourth Sunday in Lent Longing for Light, We Wait in Darkness Text: Bernadette Farrell, 1993...

March 21, 2017

Frederick Swann on the Value of the Pipe Organ to the Worshiping Church

On a whim, I recently contacted famed American organist Frederick Swann, asking for his response...

March 19, 2017

Worship Quote of the Week: Robert Webber on Returning to God

Unfortunately some Christians live as though the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ never happened....

March 17, 2017

Lectionary Hymn of the Week: Jesu, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts

Third Sunday in Lent Jesu, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts Text: Bernard of Clairvaux, ~1160;...

March 12, 2017

I hear the inevitable moan every first Sunday in Lent. "Why does Lent have...

March 09, 2017

Lectionary Hymn of the Week: God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It

Second Sunday in Lent God's Own Child, I Gladly Say It Text: Erdmann Neumeister, 18th...

March 07, 2017

8 Reasons Adding a Contemporary Service Might Be a Bad Idea

The High Cost of the Worship Wars The worst thing about the worship wars wasn't...

March 05, 2017

Lectionary Hymn of the Week: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

First Sunday in Lent O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High Text: attributed to...

March 01, 2017

Worship Quote of the Week: Daniel Frankforter on the Sacrament of Silence

Clergy are reluctant to let silence blossom within their service plans for fear that their...

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