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Ain’t Just Putting On the Ritz

Only a few days after Josh Harris told Instagram that he is no longer a Christian, Marty Sampson similarly announced that he is “genuinely losing [his] faith.” To briefly summarize, the former Hillsong United lead singer is apparently the first person…

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Critiquing Art and Music

In Art and the Bible, Francis Schaeffer offered four necessary categories that we need to consider if we are seeking to adequately critique a work of art. He wrote: “What kind of judgment does one apply, then, to a work of art?…

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The Zwinglian Option

You will have heard of the “Benedict Option” for coping with the culture wars. I would like to propose to Reformed Protestants the “Zwinglian Option” for ending the worship wars: eliminate all music from our public services. Zwingli, the outstanding…

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The Christ-Haunted Song

The Scriptures declare that the Lord fills the heavens and the earth (Jer. 23:24); and, that He who made the vast expanses of the starry sky gives to all men “life and breath and all things” (Acts 17:25). Since “all…

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Singing and Making Music

Paul Jones has performed an indispensable service for the church in the writing of his book Sing and Making Music. The chapters range from the highly practical to the more technical, but without losing the reader in the process. Dr.…