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Can Rap be Christian? Evaluating Hip Hop
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 7:50 in Featured | viewed 1,342 times and users have made 102 comments so far
Today we finally arrive at a discussion of the nature of rap itself. This post will be beneficial for you, however, only if you accept the following assertions on made on Monday: Man is completely depraved and thus cannot trust his... (Continue reading)
Does Music Matter?
Written on 21 Sep, 2009 at 8:00 in Articles on Music, Editor's Picks, Featured | viewed 581 times and users have made 8 comments so far
Does music matter to God? Should it matter to us? We are living in a day when people — even Christians — see music as unimportant. Enjoyable, yes; but necessary or important? No. We see this kind of thinking all around us.... (Continue reading)
“We want clearly discernible affection and expression.”
Written on 10 Sep, 2009 at 16:03 in News & Reviews | viewed 279 times and users have made 3 comments so far
This from C.J. Mahaney in a discussion at the recent WorshipGod conference, talking about what he would see as an important qualification for someone to serve on a praise team. This one sentiment illustrates a crucial difference in understanding about the... (Continue reading)
Brister, Chapell, and Finney
Written on 10 Sep, 2009 at 14:15 in News & Reviews | viewed 188 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Timmy Brister posted an interesting article about how to order your service to reflect the gospel. He evidently hadn’t read Chapell’s book that makes that very point, yet. But what was really interesting to me was a comment exchange under the... (Continue reading)
Emotion, Worship, Revivalism, and Pentecostalism
Written on 4 Sep, 2009 at 15:14 in News & Reviews | viewed 266 times and users have made 0 comments so far
After considering the following theological and historical underpinnings of contemporary worship, consider the theological positions of those most influential in evangelical worship today. From W. Robert Godfrey, “Worship and the Emotions,” in Give Praise to God, Philip Graham Ryken, et.al. (Phillipsburg:... (Continue reading)
Characteristics of meetings during the Great Awakening
Written on 3 Sep, 2009 at 16:21 in News & Reviews | viewed 150 times and users have made 0 comments so far
I have a feeling many contemporary evangelicals, could they time travel back to the Great Awakening, might scold churches during that time for not being “passionate about God” or “engaged”: Edward Griffin, reviewing the whole period in 1832, wrote: ‘The means... (Continue reading)
Is worship like riding a roller coaster?
Written on 2 Sep, 2009 at 8:00 in Articles on Worship, Featured | viewed 191 times and users have made 1 comment so far
Joy. What exactly is joy? I can say that I experienced the emotion of joy while riding a roller coaster. It’s this thrilling enthusiasm that sends tingles all up and down my spine. It’s an exhilaration that permeates my whole body. I can also say that I... (Continue reading)
Correcting Categories, Part 10 – Conclusion
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 12:00 in Featured | viewed 204 times and users have made 2 comments so far
If the Church today is going to be able to rightly apply biblical principles to music and worship, it must recover important categories that are either assumed and implied or explicitly taught by biblical authors. Music communicates by means of emotional... (Continue reading)
Correcting Categories, Part 9 – the Church Today
Written on 30 Apr, 2009 at 12:00 in Featured | viewed 330 times and users have made 3 comments so far
Today, the influences of Modernism, Revivalism, and Charismaticism in the Church’s understanding of the purpose and function of music in worship cannot be overestimated. First, because of Modernism, most Christian fail to understand the nature of emotion in human spirituality... (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)
