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If you are any stripe of Evangelical Christian and have been online in the last few weeks you have no doubt come across numerous reviews and reams of chatter about a book called Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell,…Read More→
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The past Remember the enormous cassette collection that once resided in your church library? All of your pastor’s sermons were there for you to browse, sign out and listen to. If you wanted to listen to the sermons of the…Read More→
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In Matthew 28 Jesus tells His followers to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have…Read More→
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That Christmas is a season of Christian worship probably isn’t news to you. For all its materialism, uninhibited spending and consumer debt, there is still some residual knowledge of the fact that the reason we have Christmas is Jesus Christ….Read More→
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Every time a church music director receives a suggestion from a congregant about a new music team member, there’s a bit of a twist in our stomachs. I need to say this bluntly: non-musicians are not good judges of musical…Read More→
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About a year ago a prominent Canadian Christian professor took aim at one of today’s most popular worship songwriters in a piece called “Chris Tomlin’s Worship Songs: We Have Got to Do Better.” Setting the tone early in the article,…Read More→
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The virtues of interdependence are largely forgotten in our times. Even where there is very little grass to cut, most of us need to own a mower. Thousands of people hit the highways each day, generally one per car, all…Read More→
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We are commanded to sing! The word “sing” appears more than 100 times in Scripture, often as a command. Since God commands it, it is safe to say He gives the necessary abilities. The gift of song is universal. I…Read More→
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If you walk into almost any evangelical church and inquire about “worship,” you can expect to be directed to someone who leads music. “No, no,” you might say, “I’m looking for the people responsible for planning corporate worship at this…Read More→
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In The Blue Parakeet Scot McKnight explores, explains, defends and rebukes the various ways Christians read the Bible. McKnight, a professor of religious studies at North Park College in Chicago and the writer of the popular Christian blog The Jesus…Read More→