Repost: Jesus Is NOT Nicer than the Father

I’ve not posted much here lately, or even for the last year or so. I’m hoping to come out of “semi-retirement” soon. I’ve been busy, not so much uninspired. I’m working on other writing projects, but I enjoyed the writing regularity that (good) blogging requires. So I’m hoping to get back at it. In the [...]

Gluten-Free Grace

Well, it’s around 2:30 pm on Thanksgiving Day 2010. The only thing fuller than my stomach is my heart. I ate and ate and ate, starting at 1:00 pm. It was the best meal I’ve ever had, bar none. No hyperbole there. Unbelievable. All home-made. All gluten-free, since I have Celiac Disease. All made this [...]

Reminder: New Christmas Hymn

In August, I mentioned that ChurchWorksMedia.com has a new Christmas hymn available—our first. Amazingly, most people weren’t ready to think about Christmas hymns at the time. Weird. As you plan your congregational singing for December, consider introducing Gloria Deo! to your church family. There are already many Christmas hymns from which to choose. Some are amazingly [...]

And He Shall Reign For Ever and Ever

I can’t watch this video without being moved to joyful tears. Oh, that those who sang and heard that day would understand the glorious gospel truths contained in that great anthem! And some day they will, when “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he [...]

Marketing Idea for the Big Ten

Using venues from other sports is all the rage in modern sports marketing. Who doesn’t want to see a hockey game at Fenway or a football game at Wrigley?! Now that the Big Ten has agreed to play “half court” to accommodate the field for Saturday’s Northwestern-Illinois game, all kinds of new possibilities have opened [...]

Interview on Hymns & Hymn Writing

I was recently interviewed by Daniel Threlfall, the Marketing Editor of Sharefaith.com. The interview focused mainly on ChurchWorksMedia.com and the hymn writing process. Here’s an excerpt: Where do you get inspiration for your songs? How do the lyrics, melody, harmony, meter, and subject matter all come together? … Interestingly, I’ve actually written several songs to [...]

A Picture of Grace

Family portrait from our housewarming at Tri-County Bible Church last Sunday. I love these people. :) Sola Deo Gloria.

PDFs for New Hymn: Not to Us (Psalm 115)

Tri-County Bible Church met in our own building for the first time in over 12 years of ministry this last Sunday. It was a remarkable day, filled with joyful thanksgiving for the great things God has done for us and His name. We chose songs which give glory to God, I preached on Psalm 115, [...]

Michael Barrett collection now on Logos!

I’ve mentioned a number of times here how grateful I am for the ministry of Dr. Michael Barrett, now the President of Geneva Reformed Seminary. His fingerprints are all over my ministry and the ministries of scores of others. I’ve joined with many of them to urge that his books be made readily available and [...]

New Thanksgiving Hymn: Not to Us (Psalm 115)

In honor of the opening of Tri-County Bible Church’s new home this morning we introduced a new metrical version of Psalm 115. Lord willing, I’ll be posting the full PDF’s soon. (Thanks to Greg Habegger!) In the meantime, here’s the text. I’ve followed the pattern of Joe Tyrpak‘s metrical psalms, representing each part of the [...]