Singing in worship
Now that the news has broken that my album – tentatively entitled Funkier Than You Think – may be hitting the market before long, I feel marginally better qualified to speak to the issue of the sung worship of the…
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Paul Levy is from Venus
Just popping out of the recording studio, where I have been working on my latest album, to point out (a) that the only thing that many people fear more than Paul Levy standing up to preach having forgotten his trousers…
Women’s conferences are from Mars
There are a number of things I fear in ministry which will never take place. One is the usual preachers dream of standing up the front preaching when you realise you haven’t got any trousers on. The other is Jeremy Walker…
Givens Strickler is wrong
For those of us adults battling to learn the Shorter Catechism there is good news. Givens Strickler writing in 1897 was wrong, and he’s wrong because of Bruce Benedict ‘Unless they are learned in childhood and youth, the…
Covenantal Worship and Christ’s Authority
In the various worship wars that continue to rage, there is one element (no pun intended) that is more dangerous than any other. I am not referring to the guitar vs. organ or the suit vs. casual debates. Nor I…
Covenantal Worship and Christ’s Authority
In the various worship wars that continue to rage, there is one element (no pun intended) that is more dangerous than any other. I am not referring to the guitar vs. organ or the suit vs. casual debates. Nor I…
Psalm 16: “In you, O Lord, I put my trust”
L.M. (Rockingham) Psalm 16 In you, O Lord, I put my trust;Preserve me in my time of need,I lie before you in the dust,And have no goodness there to plead. Among the saints on earth I reapPleasures exceeding all below;This…
Faithfulness, Shame, and Where the Wind Blows
I don’t pretend to be an expert in Bunyan’s classic Pilgrim’s Progress. I doubt I’ve ever mentioned it in a sermon. But quotes like the one below (passed along to me by one who recalled it from memory) make me want…
The importance of character
According to Spurgeon, ministerial character matters: When we say to you, my dear brethren, take care of your life, we mean be careful of even the minutiae of your character. Avoid little debts, unpunctuality, gossipping, nicknaming, petty quarrels, and all…
Thought Thinking Itself?: Christianity and Logic
Does A equal A? The answer to this question is, of course, yes, but the broader question is, how should Christians think about logic? Especially when it is Scripturally mandatory for us to affirm the paradoxical, how can we also…