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Mark Minnick gives real wisdom concerning music philosophy
Written on 23 Feb, 2010 at 15:59 in Featured | viewed 577 times and users have made 18 comments so far
I’ve posted several times about a three message series that Mark Minnick recently preached on biblical discernment, but after just listening to the third message again, I cannot urge you to listen to these enough. In the final message, Pastor Minnick... (Continue reading)
Mark Minnick addresses evangelicalism, Sovereign Grace music, and more
Written on 6 Feb, 2010 at 16:35 in News & Reviews | viewed 938 times and users have made 29 comments so far
I highly commend this message by Mark Minnick to you. Unfortunately, it is not free ($1 to download), but it is worth the money for a variety of reasons. The talk is a “family chat” in his church, the first part... (Continue reading)
Misdiagnosis
Written on 12 Jan, 2010 at 11:37 in Articles on Music, Featured | viewed 450 times and users have made 19 comments so far
There has been a lot of talk in recent years on the internet and at conferences about why young people are rejecting fundamentalism and/or a conservative philosophy of worship. Everyone likes to play the blame game, but the issue that... (Continue reading)
What is influencing fundamentalist worship today?
Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 8:00 in Articles on Worship, Editor's Picks, Featured | viewed 1,276 times and users have made 25 comments so far
As I consider the landscape of fundamentalism today,1 some characteristics of its worship encourage me, while others concern me. The primary influences on modern fundamentalist worship reveal the reasons for this mixed assessment. Three Influences Shaping Worship Today In my estimation, three... (Continue reading)
Externalism
Written on 14 Sep, 2009 at 8:00 in Articles on Worship, Featured | viewed 231 times and users have made 2 comments so far
Externalism is a sneaky error in which we insist that the outward appearance reveals the heart. Or, another way of saying it is that inward, heart realities will show themselves outwardly. Conservatives are often charged with externalism by progressives. The progressives claim (sometimes... (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 1,360 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)
The Sovereign Grace/Getty Music Question
Written on 1 Jun, 2009 at 8:00 in Articles on Hymnody, Editor's Picks, Featured | viewed 4,861 times and users have made 25 comments so far
Just about everywhere I go, I am asked for my thoughts and opinions about using songs produced by Sovereign Grace Ministries, Stuart Townend, and/or Keith and Kristyn Getty. (Songs written by these writers are often closely associated, in large part... (Continue reading)
Are Calvinism and CCM Connected?
Written on 20 May, 2009 at 10:00 in Articles on Music, Editor's Picks, Featured | viewed 922 times and users have made 8 comments so far
The following essay was originally posted on SharperIron, but I thought it worth posting again here for archiving purposes, because I’m still hearing claims that originally lead me to write the essay, and because of recent controversy over Calvinism and... (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)
More Songs from New Attitude
Written on 7 Jun, 2008 at 17:35 in News & Reviews | viewed 1,026 times and users have made 13 comments so far
Bob Kauflin posts more songs from Sovereign Grace’s New Attitude conference for young adults. ... (Continue reading)
