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  • Can Music Be Christian?

    [This post is part of the Revamping Christian Worship series] Technically… No, only people are capable of being Christians. But in another sense, what is sacred music if not self-consciously Christian? I think the issue might be one of semantics. When we talk about “Christian music” we are generally talking about music that has lyrics that are…

  • Like Dancing About Architecture

    [This post is part of the Revamping Christian Worship series] I’ve heard the quote attributed to both Thelonius Monk, and Elvis Costello, and it is possible they have both said it, but certainly in a way, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. As a musician, I can completely understand this, but at the…

  • Idolatry: Pharisees (C)

    [This post is part of the Idolatry series] Of all the musings on idolatry up to this point, this one that hits rather close to home for me personally. So while in some other instances I have been pointing out problems from the outside in, this one comes quite frankly from the inside out. It was while…

  • Idolatry: Pharisees (B)

    [This post is part of the Idolatry series] In following the last entry, we can now try to connect the dots to a potential manifestation of modern day Pharisees. To answer the question that ended the last post, regarding what symbol of our tradition gets functionally worshiped,  my contention here is that for us today, this is…

  • Idolatry: Pharisees (A)

    [This post is part of the Idolatry series] We closed the last idolatry post with a telescopic view of idolatry in both the nation and the Christian church specifically. With this post, we are going to hone in more specifically on the Christian church and an idolatry that generally slips by unnoticed. The next step then following…

  • Idolatry: Slowly Going The Way of the Buffalo

    Some of you might possibly remember an album by the band MXPX that bears the same name as this blog (minus the idolatry part). It was released back in 1998 and for me was one of the albums I learned to play guitar to. The title comes from a slang term referring to “selling out.”…

  • Idolatry: The Sickness in Your Soul

    [This post is part of the Idolatry series] A close friend of our family had continuing health problems during my last year at home before I moved to Dallas. She was generally always cheerful, but had slowly turned less so as she became sicker and sicker, and there was little to no explanation why. Finally, during some…

  • Idolatry: An Introduction

    [This post is part of the Idolatry series] Before going too much farther, I should take a moment to give credit where credit is due. Props Most of the things I pointed out about Waking the Dead in the previous 4 part “Myth of the Good Heart,” were not necessarily my own private assessment of the book.…