While in UK churches the so-called “Worship Wars” have to a large extent abated (although not completely), in the US they are still in full swing. I was debating with someone from the US on facebook just now about “Contemporary Christian Music” and whether it’s all ungodly rubbish, and found myself asking, why is the [...]
Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Satan hates music
Posted in Music, Singing, Worship on February 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Understanding through Worship
Posted in Atonement, Bible, Books and Reading, Music, Worship on April 23, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Rob Bell’s book has stirred up a lot of debate and I’ve been conducting a number of debates on facebook with my brother and my niece. You can find their blogs here and here. I feel totally inadequate to face the issues raised. How could a loving God condemn those who reject him to eternity [...]
Playing the lead, or turning the pages?
Posted in Music, Work, tagged Work on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Having fairly recently started a new job which I was still getting to grips with, I was in a meeting with the guy who had previously done the role for some years, and who had been very good at it. It reminded me of a favourite story I heard some years ago, I think on [...]
Insights into Biblical Worship from three very different churches
Posted in Bible, Book Review, Music, Worship on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Worship by the Book – D A Carson, Tim Keller, Mark Ashton, R Kent Hughes I enjoyed this book, although parts of it were slightly outdated (from 2002, you would have thought it would have kept pace, but I don’t think so, quite). There is an introduction by Don Carson (typically thoughtful) and then three chapters [...]
The Absolute Priority of Words over Music
Posted in Bible, Music, Singing, tagged Singing on September 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have blogged briefly before about the wonderful Bach Cantata edition by the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner which is currently being released. These are recordings made during the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000, which aimed to perform all of Bach’s surviving church cantatas on the appointed feast day or Sunday, in locations [...]
A Many Generation Foundation (1)
Posted in Bible, Music, Singing, Worship on September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am prompted to start what might be a series of posts because of a series of recent and upcoming events. Most recently I read this post from Bob Kauflin about the legacy of Asaph, the Levite, later chief musician and author of Psalm 78 (and 11 others): The Legacy of Asaph – Learning to [...]
Bach Cantatas for the Summer!
Posted in Music on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been collecting these Bach Cantata CDs from the Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner, since they started publishing them a few years back. They are absolutely brilliant performances and recordings and the presenting is superb. Forthcoming Releases
Give it one…
Posted in Jazz, Music, tagged linkedin on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…is the title of a Jazz CD i just bought today – featuring 16 (that’s sixteen) French Horns. If you’ve never heard jazz on the French Horn then you won’t be alone – but this CD might convert you! http://www.giveitone.com/give-it-one/44-give-it-one/64-welcome
St Matthew Passion
Posted in Bible, Music, tagged Bach, Easter, Good Friday, Jesus on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Each Good Friday I try to listen to one of the Bach Passions. Last year I was fortunate to hear Mark Padmore as the Evangelist in the St John Passion as part of the 2008 Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall. As I type this I am listening (courtesy of the wonderful BBC Listen [...]
Delia meets Beatboxing
Posted in Humour, Music, Worship, tagged Music on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the bearded beatbox Delia Smith on Bob Kauflin’s excellent Worship matters blog. It doesn’t have a lot to do with worship, but it it VERY funny – and incredibly clever http://www.worshipmatters.com/2009/04/if-youre-into-beatboxing-and-even-if-you-arent/ The whole blog is well worth exploring, although you won’t find too many more posts quite like this one!
