A Moving Testimony of Submission

The Sacred Sandwich usually brings a smile to my face, but today’s post brought a tear to my eye. Give it a read. (HT: Dan Olinger)

“There is a hell.”

J. C. Ryle comments on the kindness of preaching the undiluted biblical doctrine of hell: “Let us settle it in our minds, as one of the great foundation truths of our faith, that there is a hell. Just as we believe firmly that there is an eternal heaven for the godly, so let us believe [...]

Intentional, Fervent Worship, Part 2

The Place of Emotion in Worship This second entry in the worship series is essentially a response to a recent post from another blog—a case in point, if you will. I’ve recently made the call for more thoughtful and expressive worship. I especially did so in this lecture at the Preserving the Truth Conference. I [...]

Intentional, Fervent Worship, Part 1

Introduction Tri-County Bible Church had only existed for around 5 years. We met in a high school auditorium. The acoustics were terrible. The room was designed to kill sound, and it worked so well that every person in the room felt as though he were singing a solo. We had either a comically out-of-tune piano [...]

MP3s of New Choral Pieces

A few weeks ago I announced that two new choral arrangements are available from ChurchWorksMedia.com. Now, thanks to Paul Thompson (arranger and orchestrator for Stonebriar Community Church), we have demos of both. . For the Sake of His Name This is a missions hymn by Chris Anderson and Greg Habegger, who also composed this new [...]

Music Workshop Posted, Pride Article Printed

Two resources MTC readers might be interested in: The first resource is a PDF of the notes from my music workshop at the Preserving the Truth Conference. The workshop was entitled “Music that Glorifies God.” Due to time constraints (and time management) I didn’t get through all of my material during the lecture, so some [...]

His Robes for Mine, Singapore

I am thoroughly enjoying hearing a choir from Calvary Tengah Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore sing His Robes for Mine. What a pleasure it is to hear brothers and sisters on the other side of the world rejoicing in gospel truth just as we do—a little foretaste of the singing of the redeemed around the [...]

Truth Conference Audio

I imagine that most MTC readers have seen other blog posts linking to the MP3s and PDFs from the recent “Preserving the Truth Conference” in Troy, MI. If you haven’t, you can find the files here. I spoke in a workshop on music and a plenary session on the book of Jude. I enjoyed the [...]

New Choral Arrangements On Sale Now

Greg Habegger and I introduced two new choral arrangements from ChurchWorksMedia.com last week at The WILDS Music Conference. Their first public readings went extremely well, and we’re confident they’ll be a blessing to your church family. More details on the octavos of For the Sake of His Name (arranged by Greg Habegger) and Gaze on the [...]