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Archive for the 'Music' Category

Preparing Songs for Corporate Worship

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

I had an opportunity to attend WorshipGod 2011 in August. During this conference I attended this workshop. To give a little background, I went to this conference, literally, on the way to my new job as Minister of Worship in Baltimore, MD. I had previously been involved in leading worship in another church on a [...]

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An Article on Hymnody

Monday, December 5th, 2011

 I came across this article this morning (thanks to Bob Kauflin) and found it very encouraging. I say “encouraging” because my current situation puts me very near the type of setting that Kevin DeYoung shares. I have thought many of the same things that Kevin expresses here, but it appears that he has come to [...]

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Principles for Church Music

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

I have only recently become familiar with Kevin DeYoung. But, in that short amount of time, I have been impressed with his thoughtful and thorough care for the Church in his preaching and his writing. In this two part article which he wrote for The Gospel Coalition, Kevin lays out 10 very helpful principles of [...]

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Church Music Styles

Friday, June 10th, 2011

IX Marks Ministries has faithfully served the body of Christ through their thoughtful and thorough resources regarding Church life. This article posted on the Questions for Pastors tab of their website provides a very clear and concise approach to the subject of church music styles. Often churches can waste time and words trying to develop the perfect [...]

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a Biblical approach to music in the church

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Last Sunday at my church, Grace Bible Church in Moore, SC, Ben Ebner, who leads our music and corporate worship taught on a biblical approach to music within the church. Although the applications of the talk were specifically to our church body, the goals and principles that he presented were from scripture. This is perhaps [...]

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