Recently, we bought a webcam and set it up in our worship space. It is nothing great, and the quality is not all that fantastic. Our streaming service is a free one, which means there are ads slapped at the beginning and end. (Apparently, they ran an ad for the Mormons this week – OY!) Why… Read More »
If Only…
We American Christians were as excited to have a Bible to read. http://youtu.be/4LcEDPRfHMY
Err…Wow
And people wonder why I am somewhat critical of people using shock value to grow the church?
Music Flashback
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FqpJlqqvjQ] This is from November 2010, right before the merger. It is interesting in a couple of ways – not just how the stage and band has been shuffled and reformed but also the congregation that is gathered (although we can only see the backs of people’s heads). I love our musicians and cannot wait… Read More »
Raise Your Voices
Worth watching and considering. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVWx-rXCkI&sns=em]
The Spotlight Is On You!
The guys who lead music for our congregation (it’s mostly men, and we don’t have a “worship leader”) are not like this, but here ya go: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHT7_Ku4iPE] Many of us have wound up in services where the worship leader was either over emotional or way, way too friendly (in a Rock Hudson meets Liberace at Elton John’s… Read More »
Check What the Preacher Says!
Hey, I’m a preacher. But I’m also a human being, and sometimes I make mistakes. I am not going to get into a long-winded diatribe on everything that can go wrong in extreme fundamentalism, but I happened to watch one of Pastor Scott Anderson’s videos. Pastor Anderson is the pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church… Read More »
The Creation Story of Genesis 1 as a "Temple Image"?
Out of Ur recently posted this video of Peter Enns asking readers’ questions to N.T. Wright. It is not secret that I find Wright a very thought provoking writer and thinker, so I was intrigued to hear what he had to say. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQpFosrTUk] I’m not completely convinced that Wright gets everything right (sorry, unavoidable pun)… Read More »
How do we read Genesis 1-3?
Peter Enns, a professor of Old Testament and New Testament Studies at Eastern University, has written a book that is getting a lot of press time in the Christian blogosphere. The book, entitled The Evolution of Adam, attempts to reconcile the Genesis record with modern scientific thought, as well as explain the apostle Paul’s use of… Read More »
Psalms in Worship
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtklfgWES9Y] Yesterday, the Acoustic Gurus presented a song I wrote using Psalm 1 for lyrics. If you have a songbook with 150 different lyrics that you claim is inspired by God, why do you sing songs by less inspired authors? Like it or hate it, I think our primary source material for music should be… Read More »
