A Craft Surrendered
The True Cost of Song-driven Worship Mark 6:3 NKJV Is this not the carpenter…? The image of Jesus working away in the carpenter’s shop […]
Public Worship
What the Church Needs Now
What the Church Needs Now Isaiah 56:6-7 NKJV “… Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant —Even them I will […]
What the World Needs Now…
What the World Needs Now “Love, Sweet Love…” It was a hit song on the pop charts in the late 1960s but it was far […]
Fire and Form: Dividing Soul from Spirit
The Importance of this Two-edged Sword When it comes to a surgery this delicate, dealing with invisible things like soul and spirit, a special, sharp […]
Fire and Form: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Biblical Worship Music Ephesians 5:18-20 NIV Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one […]
I Am a Worship Leader
(Author’s Note: My friend and professor in my doctoral studies, Dr. Lester Ruth, while doing research for a book on the history of the Praise […]
The Lineman and the Worship Leader (1991)
The Lineman and the Worship Leader (Author’s Note: This article was published in the Pentecostal Evangel (the weekly magazine of the Assemblies of God) in […]
The Crooked Road
Exclusive Worship Turns away from the Heart of God. The Wisdom of the Lord’s Plans God has a plan. It is the most comforting of […]
The Calamity of Culturally-Driven Worship Part Two: The Solution
Worship: Content The Calamity of Culturally-Driven Worship Part Two: The Solution The Holy Counterculture Isaiah 60:1-3 NKJV Arise, shine; For your light has come! And […]
My Fathers’ Music Part Two
What is the Role of the Family in Public Worship? Psalm 145:4 NKJV One generation shall praise Your works to another and shall declare Your […]