Archive | December 2006
You are browsing the site archives by date.
Christmas Caroling vs. Worship
It’s that time of year again when worship leaders and pastors try to fit in the traditional Christmas songs that they believe need to be sung for those visitors or twice-a-year members who stop by the church during the month of December. Unfortunately, most of us cave to the pressure, or to our own relief [...]
Defining Worship 3
We’ve looked at some different ideas about worship is. Along the way, I made the statement that I have no choice but to take hold of a musical definition of worship. Then I tried to make that case a bit. But there is one more aspect of using a musical definition for worship that I’d [...]
Defining Worship 2
How can we take the bold step of defining worship from a strictly musical perspective? What do we have before us in Scripture and behind us in experience that can help us either make a case for that definition or defeat it? One of the first facets I have to grapple with is that there [...]
