This op-ed in the New York Times, titled “Another Country,” points to how much we’ve changed in a short period of time, including our views of morality.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Suffering and Jazz
Justin Taylor does an interesting interview with Stephen Nichols about his new book.
Election
This Sunday at Covenant Life we studied Ephesians 1:3-6, which teaches that we were predestined for salvation before the foundation of the world. These are the options we came up with for a closing song:
Before There Was Time – Caedmon’s Call
Grace Unmeasured – Bob Kauflin, Worship God Live
My Lord I Did Not Choose You – Isaac Watts/Devon Kauflin, Na Band – Lu
All I Have is Christ – Jordan Kauflin, Na Band – Lu
Who Made Me to Know You – Pat Sczebel, Valley of Vision
We ended up using Grace Unmeasured, which worked really well because of the highlight in the text on “the praise of His glorious grace.”
What songs on election do you have in your repertoire? I’d love to hear other suggestions.
Bluegrass Worship
This is an interesting worship CD.
Passionato
Passionato is a new music download service specifically for classical music. You can read reviews here and here.
Top 10 Pet Peeves About Worship Leaders
Church Relevance offers Top 10 Pet Peeves About Worship Leaders.
John Lennon Songwriting Contest
Congratulations to Generation Letter who won the John Lennon Songwriting Songwriting Contest in the Gospel Category. George Romancee, the songwriter, is a member of our Sovereign Grace church in Orlando, Florida.
Preaching is Outdated
We are now in the home stretch of the presidential conventions. With the exception of the Olympics, these last several months have seemed like a constant barrage of speeches. The candidates and their respective teams believe that speeches are one of the best mediums for communicating their ideas to the American people.
I thought we were cutting edge?
Does this not sound a bit old fashioned to the sophisticated evangelical pastor? After all, we are told by many ‘experts’ today that talking to people in large chunks of time is not effective. Furthermore, it is often said to be arrogant and archaic to stand up behind a podium and have people sit down while you talk.
But what do you see at the National Conventions? A speaker, a podium, a crowd seated, an appeal to action, and even propositional statements!
Studying the Bible
Mark Driscoll has a helpful post on essential tools for studying the Bible.
Labor and Leisure: Work and Worship
From this week’s worship quote of the week:
Most middle-class Americans tend to:
worship their work;
work at their play; and
play at their worship.
That which we worship, we serve,
and that which we serve we will give our all
–heart, soul, mind and body.
–Gordon Dahl, in WORK, PLAY, AND WORSHIP IN A LEISURE-ORIENTED SOCIETY, Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1972. ISBN: 0806612339