Archive for February, 2008
On Worship Music
Thursday, February 21st, 2008From a CT interview, Keith Getty on what should be the purpose, as well as the unifying nature of music in worship:
I have a great affection for both modern worship music and traditional church music. I wanted to do two things. One was to write songs that helped teach the faith, and the second was [...]
The Hope Pope
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008That’s one of many epithets David Brooks’ uses in deconstructing the Obama-mania that is sweeping parts of the country. He takes a sober look in a whimsical way. A sample:
The afflicted had already been through the phases of Obama-mania — fainting at rallies, weeping over their touch screens while watching Obama videos, spending hours making [...]
ER Nails It!
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Ezekiel 22:25-28
25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have [...]
Can’t Wait to Meet This Guy in April
Saturday, February 9th, 2008A world, and a church, which is hooked on novelty like some cultural equivalent of crack cocaine needs the cold, cynical eye of the historian to stand as a prophetic witness against it. And make no mistake, when it comes to my approach to trendy evangelical claims to epoch-making insights, beneath the cold, cynical exterior [...]
Locked to the Pulpit
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Several weeks ago, a friend sent me this jewel from Steve Holmes’ blog. A lecturer in New Testament at St. Andrews, he write on the priority of preaching in some places at some times. A portion of this may well end up in a sermon in the next week or two:
A week tomorrow, I [...]
Dying for the Flock
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Somehow I had missed the story of the Dorchester Chaplains before today. Read this account on the 65th anniversary of their WWII deaths. (HT: World on the Web)
Their story is a metaphor for the faithful pastor’s life. ”So death is at work in us, but life in you” (2 Cor 4:12). The Good Shepherd who laid down [...]
“Doing Church”
Friday, February 1st, 2008Carl Trueman takes on the recent phrase, “doing church” in an article at Ref 21. An excerpt:
Of course, this has implications in many different areas. If church is an act of God’s grace, if God `does church’ and not us, then other parts of the trendy new vocabulary need to be subjected to the searchlight [...]
From Grief to Glory
Friday, February 1st, 2008The death of children is often far-removed from our daily experience, which is a significant change from the previous centuries of human existence. Several years ago, James Bruce wrote From Grief to Glory: Spiritual Journeys of Mourning Parents after losing his own infant son. Drawing from the writings of Luther, Calvin, Bach, Spurgeon, Rutherford, Dabney, [...]