Dever on Congregational Singing

I’ve profited much from reading Mark Dever’s practical book, The Deliberate Church. He has some helpful things to say about corporate worship, especially congregational singing.
Why Dever loves congregational singing:
“Singing the gospel together, as a whole church, forges unity around distinctively Christian doctrine and practice. Our congregational songs function like devotional creeds. [...]

Sound Words: Let Him Go

Christ’s dealings with the rich young ruler in Matthew19:16–26 provide an interesting example of the centrality of repentance in the gospel message. A young man came to Christ with questions about eternal life (v. 16). Apparently, he knew that he lacked peace with God (v. 20). He appeared to be “ripe [...]

Dave Doran Is a Genius

When I first set up the “Notable Quotes” category, I said it was for “Quotations from people smarter than me.” (Yeah, I know: that narrows it down to about 5.5 billion.)
On occasion, I like to highlight someone who has said something stellar–I mean really good–perhaps a nugget of wit or uncommon insight. I [...]

Half a Day with Dr. Gustafson

Today I was privileged to enjoy about 4 hours of singing in a choir led by Dr. Dwight Gustafson, former Dean of the School of Fine Arts at BJU. The churches with whom TCBC fellowships have enjoyed a semi-annual combined worship service for several years–one on Good Friday and the other around Thanksgiving. [...]

Oral Roberts? Beat Kansas? At Basketball?

This reminded me of this.
Consider the evangelistic opportunities that will arise now that Christians have knocked off the nation’s #3 team!

Doran’s Thoughts on Tetreau’s Categorizations

I emailed Dr. Dave Doran, President of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, asking his opinion of Joel Tetreau’s system for classifying fundamentalists. I was especially interested because his name has been referenced frequently. Dr. Doran replied to me with this email, and has given me permission to post it.
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This whole approach is driven [...]

It’s a Big 10 World

Everybody else is just paying rent.

We’re just days away from “The Game”–the one everybody’s talking about, and perhaps the first of two. This year, “The Grandaddy of Them All” is at the Horseshoe, not the Rose Bowl. (Sorry, Keith.)
This game’s got it all:

No. 1 and No. 2.
Scarlet & gray and maize & blue.
Carmen Ohio, Script [...]

Holy Hip-Hop Illustrated, Part 2

This is a follow-up to last week’s link to 3 (impressive) acrobats “bustin’ a move” for the Pope. This one, however, is really a refutation of holy hip-hop, not an example. This offering illustrates the “worship requires an unusual degree of reverence” position.
Here’s a quote from Katie Couric’s blog regarding her recent visit to [...]

Conservative Worship? Yes, but also Humble.

Alexander Maclaren makes the following observation about worshipers:
“[T]hose praise Him most acceptably among men who know their feebleness, and with stammering lips humbly try to breathe their love, their need, their trust.” (The Gospel of St. Matthew, II, 101)
As we are mindful of the style of our worship, let’s not forget that the essence [...]

From the Recycle Bin: Congregational Singing Is Special Music

I’ve been pretty clear (here and elsewhere) on my stance regarding music that I believe is unfit for worship. However, as many fundamentalists discuss the kind of worship music we oppose (or, um, used to oppose), I thought a reminder of the kind of worship music we support–or should–would be profitable. With that [...]