Archive for the ‘worship’ category

The Whole Big Story | Kristen Gilles

April 24, 2012

Sojourn Music has continually delivered unique offerings of gospel rich music, but perhaps none have been more unique than their newest release by singer/songwriter Kristen Gilles and her husband Bobby.  The Whole Big Story is a 4-track album released today that focuses on the whole sweep of redemptive history–Christ’s work from creation to redemption to [...]

The Gospel Alphabet: W is for Worship

March 11, 2012

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V In his book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer has a chapter entitled “The Gospel as of First Importance.”  In that chapter, Packer discusses the pastoral and formational applications of the Gospel.  Many are familiar with the quote from Tim Keller that “the Gospel is not the ABC’s of [...]

God & Sinner Reconcile | Stephen Miller

January 16, 2012

I have never considered myself an expert on all things musical. I mention what I believe to be good music because of what it does for my soul.  With the recovery of the gospel in all its beauty, this movement of God needs gifted men and women to lead us in singing the gospel. Again [...]

Wrong Worship

September 19, 2011

All Our Sin for Your Grace

August 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had an opportunity to preach at Grace Gathered from Luke 7:36-50.  I wanted to show how the grace of God builds a genuinely loving community of forgiven sinners.  Luke’s account of Jesus’ interaction with the “woman of the city” is a truly remarkable testimony of sheer grace.  This morning, I listened to the [...]

Sojourn Music | The Water and the Blood

April 30, 2011

Get the album. It is excellent.

O Holy Night – Shane and Shane

December 3, 2010

Love the rawness of this video. Hate that it was cut off before the song was finished. Check it.

Only Jesus

November 10, 2010

HT :: Bob Kauflin

The Gospel Song

August 24, 2010

One of our favorite family worship songs is “The Gospel Song.”  I believe it was the first song my 2 year-old son memorized and sang word-for-word.  Tonight was a special treat, thanks to Bob Kauflin who made us aware of an animation that had just come out.  Check it out. The guy who made that [...]

Tom Nettles on Experiential Theology

July 5, 2010

Joe Thorn has started an excellent new series on pastor-theologians, and this week, he has interviewed Dr. Tom Nettles.  The journey Joe describes in his love of God and truth is one that I can imagine many have traveled down, and to see him doing a series on combining head, heart, and hands is going [...]

Gospel Workshops – An Idea for Consideration

September 29, 2009

I have argued for several years now that the greatest need for our churches today is the recovery of the gospel.  Some people have concluded that what I mean by that is everyone embracing the doctrines of grace; however, a casual observer of my blog could able to discern that is not the case.  What [...]

Prone to Wander, Lord I Feel It

September 14, 2009

O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. These words were [...]

Thoughts on Gospel-Centered Worship

September 10, 2009

Let me begin by saying I am not a “worship leader” in that I do not lead in singing, and the limits of my musical talent is that of beating a drum.  Nevertheless, I want to talk about worship, in particular how the gospel informs and shapes not only the song but also the structure [...]

The Jesus Storybook Bible

September 8, 2009

Yesterday was an especially exciting day for the Brister family. No, we didn’t do anything out of the ordinary for Labor Day.  What happened was we finished the Jesus Storybook Bible for the first time.  God has used this little resourced by Sally Lloyd-Jones to turn our times of family worship as the most exciting [...]

The Church has been under-fathered and over-mothered.

September 2, 2009

Matt Redman has some good words about romantic language in worship songs.


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