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Spurgeon on music in worship

An apt remark by P. Andrew Sandlin: Church leaders: if your praise band plays songs 90% of your congregation can't sing easily or enthusiastically, you don't have a church music program; you have a musical performance program. Let me urge you to start a church music program. prompted Noah Goedker...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 15, 2023 8:42 PM

New hymnal: <em>Hymns to the Living God</em>

Religious Affections Ministries has published a new hymnal, and it's available for free download. Hymns to the Living God is notable for its slim size and the scarcity of copyright notices. Only 294 hymns were selected for inclusion, and nearly all of them are in the public domain. Scott Aniol,...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 9, 2019 11:54 AM

Don't dumb down church

Speaking of Dawn Eden, I like what she said recently to Terry Mattingly regarding churches' outreach to singles: If church leaders truly want to reach out to women and men who are looking for an alternative to that lifestyle, said Eden, they must realize that the last thing single adults...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 7, 2007 8:07 PM