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September 2015

September 04, 2015

3 Reasons Contemporary Worship IS Declining, and What We Can Do to Help the Church Move On

Contemporary worship is declining. Some months ago T. David Gordon wrote a post entitled “The...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down; Fix in...

August 10, 2015

It's about meaning, not preference. Worship should be liturgical. We can trace this back...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

6 Reasons We Shouldn’t Use Hymnals Anymore

...and why I don't find any of them to be compelling. A year ago yesterday I...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

This is the last post you will ever need to read on why they don’t sing in church anymore.

An Inaudible Introit Churches don't sing anymore. We know, already! For the love... A quick...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Dear Church: An Open Letter From One of Those Millennials You Can’t Figure Out

A lot's been made over the millennial generation and their religious life. Why they go...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

What did Chris Tomlin ever do to you? or: Why I criticize a worship superstar

Opening Sentences What did Chris Tomlin ever do to you? You seem to take shots...

February 05, 2015

Are we expecting too much out of music in worship?

Opening Hymn And now, let us please rise and sing hymn number twenty-one, The Royal...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

So, today, I'd like us to celebrate some of the places historic Christian worship continues...

January 18, 2015

5 Anthems by African-American Composers

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, here are a few of my favorite...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Looking back at 2014

Ponder Anew's Top 5 Posts of 2014 This week on Ponder Anew, we are counting...

December 23, 2014

Five Anthems for the Season

If you're like me, you're sick and tired of hearing the commercial Christmas music that's...

December 15, 2014

Why You Should Stop Leading the Worship Music You Think I Hate: A Response to “The Fools”

...and it's not because I hate it. Responsive Reading I read a post today from...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

Finding Hymns and Songs that are “Good”

Opening Sentences I think now it’s easier to write worship songs which are basically...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Does it matter if we’re singing to God or about God?

Introit Why is contemporary worship obsessed with the second person? Opening Hymn of Third Person...

September 23, 2014

9 Reasons to Keep the Church Choir Alive

I'm always a bit frustrated when I see articles like this one from Cathy Lynn...

September 15, 2014

And the things of earth will grow strangely clear

A Beautiful Benediction The truth is, turning our eyes upon Jesus doesn't make the...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

A few more reasons why we should use hymnals…

Prelude After reading my 15 reasons, many of you chimed in with your own. Here's...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

15 Reasons We Should Still Be Using Hymnals

Unfortunately, many churches have done this with their hymnals, but I think they are important...

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