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Isn’t there any room for preference?
Written on 23 Feb, 2010 at 10:03 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 112 times and users have made 1 comment so far
We recently received an excellent question submitted through the “Article Suggestions” module in the right column of this site: “What areas of aesthetics are preferences that are relative to individuals (if any)?” I recently argued in a post on this site... (Continue reading)
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 6: Change Your Taste
Written on 2 Feb, 2010 at 7:59 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 59 times and users have made 0 comments so far
The following is taken from Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Source of Beauty Part 3: The Marring of Beauty Part 4: The Redemption of Beauty Part 5: The Judgment of Beauty Change... (Continue reading)
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 5: The Judgment of Beauty
Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 7:59 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 102 times and users have made 6 comments so far
The following is taken from Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Source of Beauty Part 3: The Marring of Beauty Part 4: The Redemption of Beauty The Judgment of Beauty Once a person... (Continue reading)
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 4: The Redemption of Beauty
Written on 29 Jan, 2010 at 7:59 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 51 times and users have made 0 comments so far
The following is take from Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Source of Beauty Part 3: The Marring of Beauty The Redemption of Beauty Since sin marred beauty in creation, the atoning... (Continue reading)
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 3: The Marring of Beauty
Written on 28 Jan, 2010 at 7:59 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 62 times and users have made 0 comments so far
The following is taken from Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Source of Beauty The Marring of Beauty If not for the presence of sin, all creation would still be beautiful, and... (Continue reading)
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 2: The Source of Beauty
Written on 27 Jan, 2010 at 7:59 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 92 times and users have made 0 comments so far
The following is taken from Sound Worship: a Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Part 1: Introduction The Source of Beauty Essential to a definition of beauty is pleasure. People call something beautiful because of the pleasure they find in... (Continue reading)
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder, Part 1: Introduction
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 7:59 in Articles on Aesthetics, Featured | viewed 116 times and users have made 0 comments so far
The following is taken from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. IMAGINE I TELL MY WIFE that I want to take her to a special place for our anniversary. We arrange for a babysitter for... (Continue reading)
Shall We Dance?
Written on 4 May, 2009 at 12:00 in Articles on Worship, Editor's Picks | viewed 1,446 times and users have made 15 comments so far
When discussing what are or are not acceptable elements for worship, some will raise the issue of dancing. “David danced before the Lord, didn’t he?” Here are just some sketches of thoughts about this issue: 1. Whatever “dancing” is in the... (Continue reading)
Understanding Conservative Christianity
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 18:23 in Articles on Worship, News & Reviews | viewed 87 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Part 1: Wherefore the Discussion? Printable Part 2: The Integrity of the Gospel Printable Part 3: All the Counsel of God Printable Part 4: The Rejection of Crisis Printable Part 5: The Rejection of Innovation Printable Part 6: The Religious Affections Printable Part 7: Culture and Tradition... (Continue reading)
Correcting Categories, Part 8 – Music and Emotion in the Church
Written on 29 Apr, 2009 at 12:00 in Featured | viewed 361 times and users have made 1 comment so far
A Radical Change Protestants have historically been suspect of Dionysian forms of music, especially in sacred contexts, because they recognized that spiritual life resides in the affections and not in the physical feelings. They did not want to stimulate artificial experiences... (Continue reading)
