MP3 of His Robes for Mine, in German

I was surprised and delighted over the weekend to receive what missionary friend Stephen King calls a “semi-professional recording” of the German translation of His Robes for Mine. It’s very well done. You’ll recognize the music from Dan Forrest‘s beautiful arrangement, the English version of which is available for choirs from SoundForth and as an [...]

Evangelical Economics

Michael S. Hamilton’s Christianity Today article from 2000, “We’re in the Money,” is a fascinating and devastating read even a decade after it was written. Hamilton demonstrates that Evangelicalism’s financial upturn has coincided with an evangelistic “recession.” The bottom line: whereas pre-1930s ministries scrimped, saved, and spent for the sake of worldwide evangelization, ministries from the [...]

ChurchWorksMedia.com Orchestrations Available

Several weeks ago I announced that ChurchWorksMedia.com‘s new octavos were being orchestrated by my friend Paul Thompson, staff orchestrator for Stonebriar Community Church. Those orchestrations are now available for purchase. Despite Paul’s protestations, I’m making the MIDI files of the orchestrations available as MP3 samples (links below). (Sorry Paul. I know MIDIs are tacky, but [...]

Humble Leadership, Part 1

It’s amazing to me how consistently the New Testament warns those who are leaders against using their God-given authority in a demeaning and selfish way. Almost every time the NT epistles speak of submitting to authority they follow up that command with a warning against the tendency of leaders to be abuse authority. God “knows [...]

Gaze on the Christ Video

My friend and ChurchWorks tech guy Rex Kilian has put together a video of the new SATB arrangement of Gaze on the Christ. It can be purchased from the CWM Store. Thanks to Paul Thompson, who is responsible for the arrangement, the orchestration, and the demo recording. Grace.  

For the Sake of His Name Video

My friend and ChurchWorks tech guy Rex Kilian has put together a video of the new SATB arrangement of For the Sake of His Name. It can be purchased from the CWM Store. Thanks again to Paul Thompson for his work on the demo recording. Grace.

Spanish Translations of 4 CWM Hymns

A fourth hymn (For the Sake of His Name) from ChurchWorksMedia.com has been translated into Spanish by my friends Carol Mavar (missionary to Panama) and David Bell (missionary to Spain), with some help from Matthew Bixby (missionary to Mexico). I’m thrilled that the Lord is allowing these hymns to be used in other tongues and other nations. [...]

Intentional, Fervent Worship, Part 3

Music and the Sufficiency of Scripture One of the assertions I made in my workshop on music at the Preserving the Truth Conference addresses the sufficiency of Scripture and our measuring of music. We must be more intentionally biblical in our evaluation of music that glorifies God. Colossians 3:16 is a classic New Testament text on [...]

Emmaus and Epistles

One of my favorite memories from last year’s trip to the Holy Land is walking a portion of the road to Emmaus. Our guide, a Christian Jew who knows both the Jewish Scriptures and the Israeli landscape better than I know my living room, divided us into small groups for our brief Emmaus jaunt. He [...]

Public Apology

My friend Andrew Henderson called today demanding a correction and apology. I said in this post that Dick Stratton is probably the humblest man I know. Andrew insists, however, that he is the humblest man I know. I stand corrected. Dick Stratton is probably the second humblest man I know.