and . . . He breathed His last.
The four Gospels variously record Christ’s final act on the cross as: “yielded up His spirit” (Matthew), “breathed His last” (Mark and Luke), and “gave up His spirit” (John). The […]
Angels from the Realms of Glory
I invite you to enjoy this analysis of the theology and poetry of the traditional Christmas carol written by my friend and grad school classmate James Cheesman: “Angels from the […]
Art and the Bible
“God is interested in beauty. God made people to be beautiful. And beauty has a place in the worship of God.”
On Christian Worship: Old Testament Vocabulary
Let’s do some word study! Yeah, I know, that sounds as fun as diagramming sentences (something I always enjoyed, BTW) but we really can’t discuss worship without understanding the word […]
On Christian Worship: TOGETHERNESS
[note: this post first appeared on March 17, 2020. Circumstances have begun to change gradually of late but “normality” is still far away. Thus, the point of this brief writing, […]
A Series on CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: Introduction & Biblical Authority
“many Christians have no meaningful vision for why the church gathers; for why we sing, preach, and pray.”
What are Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs?
In both Colossians 3 and Ephesians 5, Paul uses the phrase “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” when commanding the church to use music in its discipleship. Are these terms three […]
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges
Well, I’ll leave you to look up the Blazing Saddles reference yourself if it’s unfamiliar but, while you’re here, I do have some questions for you to consider: Where do […]
What Child We Sing?
This is a piece written last summer with the intention of debuting it in our “A Sacred Christmas” program at our church. We had to cut it from the program […]
NotePerformer & Finale
I finally jumped off the bridge and installed NotePerformer 3.2 this week as my virtual instrument library on my 25.4 version of Finale. Here is my initial, and highly premature, […]