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“…a sign fell and killed one person and injured six others near Steyning, West Sussex. The three-day festival began Friday and had been scheduled to run through Sunday.” - CPost
Christian music is experiencing a pop breakthrough
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“The genre is rising in mainstream popularity.” - NPR
Book Review – Douglas Yeo & Kevin Mungons' History of Homer Rodeheaver
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“Homer Rodeheaver has quite a lot to do with all kinds of gospel music, as Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo demonstrate in their fascinating, eminently readable biography of a wildly underrated and rarely appreciated figure who made a significant impact on sacred music, Black and white.” - C.Today
Music in the Bible and the Contemporary Music Styles Debate (Part 5)
Gregg Strawbridge continues his series about contemporary music styles in the church.
Music in the Bible and the Contemporary Music Styles Debate (Part 4)
Gregg Strawbridge continues his series about contemporary music styles in the church.
Music in the Bible and the Contemporary Music Styles Debate (Part 3)
Gregg Strawbridge continues his series about contemporary music styles in the church. Here, he discusses critical arguments against contemporary music styles.
Music in the Bible and the Contemporary Music Styles Debate (Part 2)
This series continues as Gregg Strawbridge examines some common arguments against contemporary music styles in the church.
The Natural Law Argument
Bill Gothard (1986), a well-known critic of CM says, “There is no such thing as amoral music.” He diagrams an analogy between other disciplines and music. “The following disciplines illustrate how the purity of an item can be corrupted by adding even a small amount of another element” (p. 124).
Music in the Bible and the Contemporary Music Styles Debate (Part 1)
By Gregg Strawbridge. Posted by permission from the author.
Hymn Society declares “Holy, Holy, Holy!” greatest hymn of all time
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“The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada announced the winner on Thursday (July 18), the last day of its annual conference in Dallas.” - RNS
Worship is Not Entertainment, Should Christian Music Ever Be?
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“If it keeps us appropriately meditating on Him, all is well. If it is just a mindless, (though beautiful and peaceful) background noise, it is not. It might be better to reserve ‘God music’ for times that we can meditate on it as we listen.” - Proclaim & Defend
