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Lift Up Your Voice
Vol. 11, No. 6 • Nov/Dec 2002
church sign, which I used to pass frequently, boasted “The Singing Church,” under the church’s name. That a church would describe itself this way can serve as a starting point for realizing that music can be either too important to us as Christians-or not important enough. Many people today are driven by music, and especially […]
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The Song of Moses in the City That Never Sleeps
church sign, which I used to pass frequently, boasted “The Singing Church,” under the church’s name. That a church would describe itself this way can serve as a starting point for realizing that music can be either too important to us as Christians-or not important enough. Many people today are driven by music, and especially […]
Church Music and Contemporary Culture
y students tell me that their high schools are segregated according to music tastes. Some teenagers like pop; others like rap. And then we have the heavy metal head-bangers (themselves divided into factions favoring death metal, thrash, Goth, and other musical sects). Then there are the “alternative” fans, the devotees of techno, and those who […]
“Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and Learning” by Nicholas P. Wolterstorff
After several years of discussing the nature and possibility of Christian scholarship, a discussion prompted largely by evangelical scholars, Alan Wolfe wrote a piece for the Atlantic Monthly (October 2000) entitled “The Opening of the Evangelical Mind.” The essay’s title was promising and Wolfe gave reasonably high marks to Evangelical liberal arts colleges. But he […]
Music and the Worship of the Living God
n Scripture, worship of the living God involves at least three activities. First, we bow down to God, thereby acknowledging his sovereignty and indicating our loving and faithful subservience. Second, we glorify God by praising his attributes and recounting his deeds and virtues. Third, we draw near to God in adoration, thanksgiving, and supplication. Music […]
Why We Sing
It is reasonable to think that music and song have existed for as long as there have been human beings. Scripture notes that Lamech’s son Jubal “was the father of all those who play the harp and flute” (Gen. 4:21). Scripture represents music accompanying both work-in Numbers 21:17, 18, Israel sings as a well is […]
The Dialect of Worship: Handling Style, Substance, and Caricatures
The White Horse Inn radio program and Modern Reformation magazine recently cohosted a roundtable discussion on the divisive subject of contemporary trends in worship music. The participants were Michael Horton (MH), editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation and co-host of the White Horse Inn, Ken Jones (KJ), pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church in Compton, California, and […]
