Authentic Worship
Like the Psalms, some hymns describe God’s characteristics. He is powerful. He is loving. He is holy, etc.. Illustrating who God is can be a very effective method for teaching the church theology. For example, individuals find encouragement in singing of God’s goodness and beneficence. Congregants more easily feel the reality of forgiveness while singing …
Tradition for the Sake of Tradition My Paw Paw, Benny Dowell, was a special man. He had a hard life filled with tragedy and sorrow. Regardless, he became a loving husband and father, and a successful businessman and farmer. Most importantly, he had a real faith in Jesus that showed through on a daily basis. …
Traditions are wonderful. To be honest, I appreciate and love most any tradition. And the older they are, the better. It boggles my mind to think that some traditions can be passed on unchanged generation after generation. While traditions can be wonderful, and meaningful, some traditions bring more harm than good to their participants. This …
Finding Unity Through Hymnody Language and art have the power to unite and divide societies. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” helped mobilize abolitionists in the North preceding the Civil War. Conversely, the book was detested by most in the South. It divided the two sides of the country not by cold facts and figures, …