Great Read
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
This book has appeared on my radar from time to time, but for various reasons I’ve never blessed Amazon with my order. But one of the guys at Soma school (Caesar K) so highly recommended it (he said “you need to get it yesterday”) that I took the plunge. And wow, what a plunge. I already follow Alan Hirsch – one of the authors - on Twitter, so I’m pretty familiar with him (he’s a South African Jew, now loving Jesus and living in… Read More
Reverence or Relevance?
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Dangerously Delicious
Friday, August 21st, 2009
I've just read, re-read and re-re-read Steve Addison's amazing little book "Movements that Change the World" (visit his web site here). It's a dangerous book. (As a completely random aside, did you know that there's a fabulous pie shop in B'more called "Dangerously Delicious." Their t-shirt has a pie and cross bones motif that looks like this)
OK, back to the book. It's dangerously delicious. Addison's thesis is that movements… Read More
OK, back to the book. It's dangerously delicious. Addison's thesis is that movements… Read More
Isaac Watts
Friday, July 17th, 2009
Isaac Watts (the "Father of English Hymnody") was born on this day in 1674. Poor Isaac took quite a beating for his "contemporary" hymns (some things haven't changed). But he persevered and did the church a great service. Mars Hill has an interesting (and brief - 4 min, 13 sec) video overview of his life and of the controversy surrounding his music. You can find it Read More
Calvin on Traditions and Contextualization
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
What did Calvin think of traditions and forms of worship, and what did he teach about contextualization (he calls it "accommodation")? He writes: "But because he did not will in outward discipline and ceremonies to prescribe in detail what we ought to do (because he foresaw that this depended upon the state… Read More