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September 2015

September 04, 2015
Contemporary worship is declining. Some months ago T. David Gordon wrote a post entitled “The...

August 2015

August 18, 2015
  Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down; Fix in...
August 10, 2015
It's about meaning, not preference.   Worship should be liturgical. We can trace this back...

July 2015

July 23, 2015
...and why I don't find any of them to be compelling. A year ago yesterday I...

June 2015

June 24, 2015
An Inaudible Introit Churches don't sing anymore. We know, already! For the love... A quick...

May 2015

May 13, 2015
A lot's been made over the millennial generation and their religious life. Why they go...

February 2015

February 17, 2015
Opening Sentences What did Chris Tomlin ever do to you? You seem to take shots...
February 05, 2015
Opening Hymn And now, let us please rise and sing hymn number twenty-one, The Royal...

January 2015

January 27, 2015
So, today, I'd like us to celebrate some of the places historic Christian worship continues...
January 18, 2015
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, here are a few of my favorite...

December 2014

December 29, 2014
Ponder Anew's Top 5 Posts of 2014 This week on Ponder Anew, we are counting...
December 23, 2014
If you're like me, you're sick and tired of hearing the commercial Christmas music that's...
December 15, 2014
...and it's not because I hate it. Responsive Reading I read a post today from...

October 2014

October 07, 2014
Opening Sentences I think now it’s easier to write worship songs which are basically...

September 2014

September 30, 2014
Introit Why is contemporary worship obsessed with the second person? Opening Hymn of Third Person...
September 23, 2014
I'm always a bit frustrated when I see articles like this one from Cathy Lynn...
September 15, 2014
  A Beautiful Benediction The truth is, turning our eyes upon Jesus doesn't make the...

August 2014

August 04, 2014
Prelude After reading my 15 reasons, many of you chimed in with your own. Here's...

July 2014

July 22, 2014
Unfortunately, many churches have done this with their hymnals, but I think they are important...
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