The sub-title of the book is: “rock music’s impact on worship and evangelism.” That objective is overwhelmingly explored and answered in this book. Blanchard, who wrote Pop Goes The Gospel in 1983, and Lucarini, who wrote Why I Left The Contemporary Christian Music Movement in 2002, combine to bring a stunningly up-to-date look at the […]
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Worshippers Who Also Come To Church
I have often said to the people I pastor, “We do not come together to worship; we are worshipers who come together.” Though we use the vernacular “coming to worship” to mean “coming to church,” we must have a better understanding of where and how the real worship is taking place. We know these things, […]
Gospel Worship
Note: This review is written by Terry Wilkes, Associate Pastor and Minister of Music at Metro Baptist Church. Leviticus 10:3 records the words of the Lord, “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.” Moses speaks these words to Aaron his brother after […]
Face the Music
Special Topic Books Two slightly older books on music that I wanted to read were Frank Garlock and Kurt Woetzel, Music in the Balance, and Leonard Seidel, Face The Music. Both are quite perceptive of what lay ahead in the field of church music. It’s my opinion that we should have paid more attention to these things. The Bible […]
Music in the Balance
Special Topic Books Two slightly older books on music that I wanted to read were Frank Garlock and Kurt Woetzel, Music in the Balance, and Leonard Seidel, Face The Music. Both are quite perceptive of what lay ahead in the field of church music. It’s my opinion that we should have paid more attention to […]
The New Worship
This has been the next “contemporary church” book on my list to read. Liesch is a popular writer who promotes the converging of various worship styles to meet the desires of a new generation. His main thesis is that worship must include an equal amount of music (and alternative worship techniques i.e. drama, video, etc.) […]
Planning Blended Worship
Webber (at the time of writing, 1998) is President of the Institute for Worship Studies and Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. It is becoming less and less surprising that outspoken praise for ecumenicity and criticism of traditional Fundamentalism as well as Evangelicalism (even of Reformation theology) should come from Wheaton. Webber’s thesis is that […]
Local Church Methodology
Every time I read advocates of contemporary worship, I can see why many have said things like, “Every time a new book is published, read an old one.”1 The old truth that you are what you read becomes true in those who spend their time reading about the contemporary church scene. You can only digest […]
The Battle for Christian Music
This 1992 book has been the topic of discussion among conservatives and progressives alike for the last decade. After having read a number of good books on the music controversy (many of which I have reviewed and recommended), I found a new reading of Fisher’s book to be very rewarding. Fisher answers many questions that […]
Repeat His Mercies In Your Song — Again!
Give to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all His ways; Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat His mercies in your song. Isaac Watts My purpose for this outline years ago was to offer a conservative vote for conservative church music. Just recently I was criticized anonymously by email for being critical […]