Category: Worship
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Unpacking Passion 2020: The Stage, The Songs, The Spectacle
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been processing my thoughts from Passion 2020. I gave a general introduction, and then a bit of backstory that explains how I think conferences, retreats, and camps fit into a continual pattern of Christian growth. You don’t need to read either to make sense of what follows but you’ll enjoy it…
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None Like Him and In His Image
Last week, I began a series featuring brief reviews of books by authors who are women. I wanted to spotlight the quality works in theology, biblical studies, and practical theology that I’ve read recently. The books this week, by Jen Wilkin, are companion volumes and actually hit all three genres. None Like Him and In…
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How America’s Biggest Game is Mostly a Religious Festival
Football season is officially over. Much of the nation is in mourning, not just for that, but that the Patriots won their 5th championship. At the same time, even a casual fan would need to admit that it was one of the greatest Super Bowls of all time. This would mean the Atlanta Falcons lost…
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Transformation Tuesday: EE-Taow (#TT)
I don’t remember the exact time I first saw this video, but I remember it being at Word of Life, maybe during a missions conference (makes sense). We’ve watched it a couple of times in small group, and it’s always a joy to see these people hear and understand the gospel for the first time.…
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What Does Music Mean?
Over at the 9Marks blog, there are two different views about music and meaning posted. The first one is from Harold Best. The second is from Ken Myers. Both were asked to answer the following questions: Can God employ any musical form for redemptive purposes? Even if God can employ any musical form redemptively, are…
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iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives
Craig Detweiler, iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, November, 2013. 256 pp. Paperback, $17.99. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Brazos Press for the review copy! Craig Detweiler is professor of communication and director of the Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture at Pepperdine University. He also writes a lot,…
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Awakening Faith: Daily Devotions From The Early Church
James Stuart Bell, with Patrick J. Kelly, Awakening Faith: Daily Devotions From The Early Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, October 2013. 400 pp. Hardcover, $24.99 Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! I think I’ve mentioned on here before that I’m not usually a huge fan of devotionals. I am however willing to…
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Worship Music Makes My Mind Wander
This was a realization I had the other day and I’m wondering why it took so long. Some of it might be the fresh perspective I had after spending the summer working Sat/Sun mornings at Starbucks. By doing that, I missed church for the better part of two months. The first Sunday I was back,…
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A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in The Christian Home
Jason Helopoulos is Assistant Pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s Kevin DeYoung’s church, and he and Jason are good friends. Jason is also a graduate of Dallas Seminary (finishing the same year I started college), so we probably have some mutual professor friends. What I’m…
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Death By Living: Life Is Meant To Be Spent
Much like his last foray into non-fiction, N. D. Wilson’s Death By Living: Life Is Meant To Be Spent does not lend itself to easy review. It is kind of a genre-breaker, but in a good way. It’s non-fiction, but it’s written in imaginative prose and contains a myriad of stories. It reads like meditations on mortality…