Category Archives: Music
Geoff Bullock changes his mind on worship
Sing a new song
Review
Jesus, the name high over all
Life
Charles Wesley was born in England in 1707 during the rule of Queen Anne. After a lifetime spanning the complete reigns of George I and II, he died ‘full of years’ during the reign of George III in 1788.
Godliness for kids
Review
Ten Little Fingers of Christmas
Review
Top of the four-year old charts
Review
Singing is a fellowship hazard
Everyday Ministry
A significant percentage of the Australian population cannot sing. We can’t carry a tune to save our lives. How many of us are there? Based on the singing voices I hear around me in church, I would guess we account for at least half the population.
In tune with the prayer book
Review, Sola Panel
Published Abroad: Glossary of Church Growth and Contemporary Christian Music Terminology
Prayer, praise and singing in church
Everyday Ministry, Sola Panel
Our series of articles on prayer and praise stimulated a number of responses, the majority of them being short notes and calls about how helpful the material had been.
Humming with mum
Review
Choosing Songs
Everyday Ministry
It can be a last-minute job. While the chairs are being set up, the songleader frantically rummages through the songbooks in search of that one with the chorus that goes “Da da dumty dum”. But last minute arrangements are thoughtless arrangements. We need to sit back and think about what we sing and why we sing it.
Minor or Major?
Everyday Ministry
The key to church music
As far as we can tell, music has always had a place in the lives of Christians, particularly in our corporate experience as the people of God. There is a wealth of evidence for this in the Old Testament; it is not so obvious in the New Testament, but passages such as Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3 suggest that singing was part of normal Christian activity. Today, music still has a place in most Christian gatherings.