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Podcast: Can Rap Be Christian? with Michael Riley, Part 1
Written on 15 Mar, 2010 at 10:00 in Featured, Podcast | viewed 32 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Scott Aniol sat down with Michael Riley to discuss the controversy over Reformed Rap. This 15 minutes podcast is the first of three parts. Download ... (Continue reading)
Interview on Christian rap and 6 audio sessions on music and worship available
Written on 17 Oct, 2009 at 8:50 in Audio on Culture, Audio on Music, Audio on Worship, News & Reviews | viewed 139 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Scott’s interview on the “Understanding Our Times” online radio program is available here. Scott also preached and taught at First Baptist Church in Sterling Heights, MI on Saturday and Sunday. The first three were sessions for the church musicians in the... (Continue reading)
Can Rap be Christian? No.
Written on 10 Oct, 2009 at 7:55 in Editor's Picks, Featured, News & Reviews | viewed 1,006 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Here are links to my discussion of Christian rap in response to Mark Dever’s 9Marks interview with Shai Linne: The Presuppositions Believers and Depravity Neutral Things Culture Evaluating Hip Hop If you’d like to comment or debate particular points, please do so at the appropriate post. ... (Continue reading)
Can Rap be Christian? Evaluating Hip Hop
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 7:50 in Featured | viewed 1,277 times and users have made 86 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)
Can Rap be Christian? Culture
Written on 8 Oct, 2009 at 7:55 in News & Reviews | viewed 367 times and users have made 2 comments so far
We are discussing Christian rap this week in response to Mark Dever’s recent interview with Shai Linne and Curtis Allen. Monday I argued three important points: Man is completely depraved and thus cannot trust his own preferences implicitly. Music is a medium of... (Continue reading)
Can Rap be Christian? Believers and Depravity
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 7:55 in News & Reviews | viewed 500 times and users have made 2 comments so far
We’re discussing the issue of Christian rap this week in response to a recent interview by Mark Dever with Shai Linne and Curtis Allen. Yesterday I dealt with some of the errant presuppositions that inform a position that says, “no musical... (Continue reading)
Can Rap be Christian? The Presuppositions
Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 7:58 in Featured | viewed 1,116 times and users have made 10 comments so far
Are “Christian” and “rap” mutually exclusive? Mark Dever’s answer after a 9Marks interview with Shai Linne and Curtis Allen (Voice): “Hardly.” This from one of the most conservative evangelicals alive today. It is primarily for that reason that I’d like to make... (Continue reading)
A Well-Known Calvinist Repudiates the Charismaticism and Worldly Worship of “New Calvinism.”
Written on 9 Jun, 2009 at 13:10 in Articles on Theology, Articles on Worship, Featured | viewed 1,358 times and users have made 61 comments so far
“The new Calvinists constantly extol the Puritans, but they do not want to worship or live as they did. One of the vaunted new conferences is called Resolved, after Jonathan Edwards’ famous youthful Resolutions (seventy searching undertakings). But the... (Continue reading)
Contextualizing the Gospel, Part 1 – Introduction
Written on 30 Mar, 2009 at 20:00 in Featured | viewed 196 times and users have made 5 comments so far
There is a popular thought today in evangelicalism that says that if we as Christians are going to reach unbelievers around us, we need to be more tuned into contemporary culture. If we want people to accept our gospel message,... (Continue reading)
“Can it really be wrong if so many good men are approving of it?”
Written on 24 Sep, 2008 at 21:13 in News & Reviews | viewed 171 times and users have made 0 comments so far
Samuel Laurence Guzmán discuss the phenomenon of Christian rap. ... (Continue reading)
