Worship

60 Minutes: Hillsong Church founder under police investigation over handling of father’s sex crimes

ACCC: The rise of Hillsong music illustrates that much of today’s evangelical church has chosen to “tickle and delight the ear,” provoking God’s displeasure. Their syncretization of the world’s music with “Christian” themes yields a diluted gospel message, exposes the abandonment of biblical separation, grieves the Holy Spirit, and embraces the enemy of Christ in an unequal yoke.

BJU Bluegrass

Blackberry Blossom Farm

May a Baptist (or any other Protestant) sing Catholic hymns?

John Piper needed “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” to match a sermon, so he wrote two new Reformed verses. Many of writer Thomas Chisholm’s fellow Methodists, who “sing their theology,” couldn’t sing along. - CToday

“The Trinity Psalter Hymnal (2018) contains versions of all 150 Psalms in metrical form, but fewer hymns than either the old ‘Blue’ Trinity Hymnal (1961) or the new ‘Red’ Trinity Hymnal (1990).

“We are experiencing something of a Psalm-singing resurgence in our day. Resources abound online for people who would like to learn more about psalm singing. Churches are making strategic plans to train their members in singing the psalms. Blogs buzz with excitement over the Psalter.” Ref21

“The nuanced personal, practical, theological, and spiritual dynamics of Christian musicians negotiating their professed faith while pursuing careers in popular rock music is the subject of Mark Joseph’s meticulously researched book Rock Gets Religion: The Battle for the Soul of the Devil’s Music.” National Review