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February 2018

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...

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...