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Brian McLaren on worship music

May 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Hymns, Music, Theology, Worship

The (sometimes bewilderingly) controversial theologian Brian McLaren wrote an article in a newsletter (I think) in which he enunciates his take on where we are and where we should go in modern worship music. He addresses it as “An open letter to songwriters” (direct pdf link), and presents some well-stated observations and requests in his [...]

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Weird worship

May 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · General, Hymns, Worship

ElShaddai Edwards has tagged me with the Weird Worship meme, in which I am supposed to come up with five worship songs with strange, perplexing, or otherwise - well, weird lyrics. My peeps know I’m highly critical of worship songs in general, but this has been more difficult than I thought to come up with [...]

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The Literary-Generic Principle

January 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Hymns, Personal, Scripture, Theology

This is the fifth of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
The Importance of Determining Genre
Because the Bible is a compilation of literary works, in order to get the sense [...]

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How true Christians live

November 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Hymns, Kingdom Living, Theology, Worship

When the Church of Jesus
When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,
Lest the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer:
May our prayers, Lord, make us ten times more aware
That the world we banish is our Christian care.
If our hearts are lifted where devotion soars
High above this hungry suff’ring world of ours:
Lest our hymns [...]

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