As announced by their Director of Worship Development, Bob Kauflin:
Sovereign Grace Ministries will be selling all their music CDs for $6 in February, with free shipping in the US! (For those outside the US, complain to Bob)
Preview their CDs at Sovereign Grace Music, and be ready to stock up in February at their online store.
Here’s a few photos of the little bit of “snow” we have had here in Louisville. It’s all pretty much melted away already, FYI!
(Imho, Louisville isn’t south enough for me. I could really get used to summer weather all year long, but it seems such is not possible here 
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Ever since joining a good Baptist church here in Louisville, I have grown accustomed to corporate singing via the Sunday Service bulletin and Baptist Hymnal. In the Chinese church I grew up in Toronto, both the Cantonese and English worship services have completely reverted to the video screen instead of using hymnals or lyrics printed in the bulletin. In fact, my home church was built for digital projection — on the left side of the stage and high on the wall, there sits a built-in rear projection screen for which a LCD/DLP digital projector displays videos and lyrics for corporate worship. It’s truly a massive screen, on which secular movies have even been played for “fellowship times”. Read the rest of this entry »
A few years back when I used to ‘lead worship’ on stage at my home church, there was one time after a Friday night corporate worship time that my Missions Deacon gave me a big hug after the service. It was our church’s annual Missions Conference weekend, and the songs I had lead with my worship team were very well executed that evening with little noticeable mistakes, and quite simply, the Spirit really worked to convey the message that Jesus alone is the hope of the nations.
Immediately after the last song had finished and the congregation was dismissed, the Missions Deacon quickly came up to me and hugged me, thanking me for leading such a great time of singing. While I know he meant well, I tried to shrug it off, humbly thanking him for his thankfulness, and replying that I was only doing what I was called to do and that the one who had really led us all to praise God was Jesus Himself. Read the rest of this entry »
The following is a book review of
Peterson, David. Engaging With God: A Biblical Theology of Worship.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992. 317 pp. $24.00.
As the principal of Oak Hill Theological College in London, England for the past 11 years, David Peterson has been a significant vessel that God has used to elevate that seminary to be one of the largest in the United Kingdom and in the Church of England. Only recently succeeded by Michael Ovey as Principal, Peterson has shown himself to be an astute interpreter of the biblical text, being formerly a lecturer in New Testament at Moore College in Sydney, Australia. As such, it is no wonder why Engaging With God is another first-rate example of Peterson’s careful exegesis and gospel-centered hermeneutic.
Subtitled A Biblical Theology of Worship, Peterson’s Engaging With God is the author’s attempt at a biblical theology of worship that is evangelical and generally free from denominational bias. Students of biblical worship would be happy to see an extensive exegetical volume finally released, as Peterson provides a full-orbed examination of what worship is according to the whole counsel of God and the entirety of Scripture – both the Old and New Testament.
I am generally not fond of taking those online personality tests that you may often find on people’s blogs. However, after reading this post from one of my former Sunday School students, I became curious as to how legitimate the personality test was.
The Personality Inventory that my friend linked to is created by Dr. Michael H. Birnbaum, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton. Birnbaum conducts research in the fields of judgment and decision making, psychophysical and social judgment, and mathematical models of behavior.
As his academic credentials testify, this guy appears to be relatively knowledgeable in the field of psychology. Thus, I took the liberty of doing the personality inventory myself. Here are the results: Read the rest of this entry »
Since I had a mid-term this morning, I didn’t get a chance to post this last night. After our last discussion on what worship actually is, let’s take some time to discuss the corporate worship service — how to plan worship “sets” and services.
While the Old Testament is filled with examples of of corporate singing, the Tabernacle and Temple and its sacrificial cultus were central to the corporate worship life of the Jews. Since Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of Tabernacle, Temple, High Priest and sacrifices themselves, it is no wonder why the New Testament never prescribes to us a set order of elements to include in corporate worship gatherings. While Scripture does command that all Christians should pray, sing praises to God, read the Word and preach the Word, share in the Lord’s Supper and be baptized, nowhere in the New Testament do we find a liturgy or order of when certain these things should be done. Read the rest of this entry »
I am the worst sinner I know. But by the grace of God I am doing better than I deserve. (About me...)
