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 [...]
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Satan hates music
Posted in Music, Singing, Worship on February 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]