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First watch this short, humorous video: As a former attendee of a Pentecostal church, I couldn’t help but laugh. Many of these apply to most traditions these days. I’d really like to focus on one word, however: authentic. I’ve given examples of inauthentic / fake worship before, but what does authentic worship look like? The core [...]
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I’ve heard a lot about this lately. A church in St. Louis, MO recently canceled services in order to do community projects. Several people whose opinions I respect have mentioned the prospect of doing this lately, and several others whom I also respect have voiced strong opposition to this. Here’s a short video about this [...]
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: To all those who claim that traditional worship is “dead” and “quenching the Spirit” because it follows a set pattern, I’d challenge you to analyze the practices of most “contemporary,” “postmodern,” and “relevant” worship services today. They all have their own “dead” traditions and patterns they [...]
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I got a bunch of iTunes gifts cards for Christmas, and I have found a couple albums I am currently enjoying, but for the most part, a lot of Christian music sucks. Almost every worship song is playing the same 1-6-5-4 chord progression in the key of E, and most Christian sub-genres look and sound [...]
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Who is the object of the modern church’s worship? Who do we really focus on? I commented on a friend’s blog today about how 95% of all church budgets in the US are spent on our own comforts and programs. Less than 1% is spent on evangelism to the most unreached. (This figure comes from [...]
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How many times have I said those words followed by some great goal that I have yet to accomplish? Too many. I’m still working on my New Year’s Resolution from two years ago: to lose weight (unfortunately the number on the scale has been moving in the wrong direction over the last few years). But [...]
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