A pastor friend of mine contacted me this week and asked if I had written an article on my “top twenty” hymns. The reason he asked me for this is that he pastors a church that has not been using much in the way of traditional hymnody for a number of years, and they are now trying to introduce more hymns into their congregational singing. He wanted a good list of hymns for them to use as they try to reincorporate hymns into the diet of their Sunday worship services. Well, as it turns out, I haven’t ever written an article on my “top twenty” hymns, even though I teach Worship at…Hymns for Every Congregation
A pastor friend of mine contacted me this week and asked if I had written an article on my “top twenty” hymns. The reason he asked me for this is that he pastors a church that has not been using much in the way of traditional hymnody for a number of years, and they are now trying to introduce more hymns into their congregational singing. He wanted a good list of hymns for them to use as they try to reincorporate hymns into the diet of their Sunday worship services. Well, as it turns out, I haven’t ever written an article on my “top twenty” hymns, even though I teach Worship at…
Defending the Faith; Denying the Image – Abstract Ligon Duncan Summary: How 19th century Presbyterians simultaneously faithfully defended historic Christian orthodoxy against Enlightenment rationalistic anti-supernaturalism, and accommodated (indeed undergirded) America’s original sin: race-based chattel slavery (and later segregation). The Faithfulness of the Old School 19th century American Presbyterians in the Old School in both North and South recognized the threat of deistic, rationalist, materialist, anti-supernaturalist,…
Today, the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) released The Nashville Statement. I’ve been a part of CBMW for about 25 years (and the organization is 30 years old this year). CBMW originally came into being to affirm complementarianism: that is, that God has created male and female in his image, and thus has designed men and women, as his image-bearers, to be both equal in their essential dignity and human personhood, and different from and complementary to one another, with all Christian husbands called to lead their homes in…
“Where should I go to seminary?” “And why?” As you may imagine, as Chancellor of RTS I get asked that question a lot. Usually, the person who is asking me that question is from a confessionally reformed denomination or background (about half of all RTS students are from such a background), and is trying to choose among the options available on the seminary market in our theological neck of the woods. So my answer assumes that as a starting point. Of course, we have a lot of students at RTS who do not come from a reformed…
Reformed Theological Seminary will once again be well-represented at the Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly in Greensboro next week. If you are making plans to attend some seminars while you are there, be sure to check these out.…
I enjoyed lunch today with John Perritt. John works with RYM – Reformed Youth Ministries (more about that in a minute). He writes for The Gospel Coalition and Desiring God (among other places) and served as youth pastor at Pear Orchard…
It was a delight to do a podcast on the Book of Numbers with Nancy Guthrie. I came to love this overlooked Bible book while preaching through it at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS in 2007-2008. A few years later I preached on a passage in…
Dr Luder G. Whitlock, Jr is executive director of the CNL Charitable Foundation and the JMS Foundation; president of Excelsis; and minister at large for the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando. He was the second President of Reformed Theological…
This morning (Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017), my pastor David Strain preached from 1 Timothy 3:14-16, a passage that has been a special interest to me for a number of years. It was an excellent message and brought out many things that I have missed…
RTS Global Education has made my Theology of Worship (PT526) course available online. Students or auditors may register for the full course by contacting any RTS campus registrar, check out rts.edu to find out more. This is an all video course, and…