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Recommended Reading: Art and the Bible

24, Jan 2010

Recently, Josh brought back a great book from an IV worship arts conference. It is two essays written by Francis A. Schaeffer, on the biblical principles on which arts and worship are based. If you want to borrow it to read it, ask him or myself. Or, check the Amazon link below. Excerpt: But David [...]

Double Honor

20, Oct 2009

New American Commentary writes: The commendation Paul directed for the dutiful elder was “double honor.” The term “honor” does not refer merely to an honorarium, but the failure to give proper pay would imply a lack of honor. The idea of “double” may refer to the double portion the oldest in the family received (Deut [...]

Submission to God

11, Oct 2009

Bibliotheca sacra 140 no 558 Ap-Je 1983, p 117-133.  writes: The phrase “take up his cross” is a figure of speech derived from the Roman custom requiring a man convicted of rebellion against Rome’s sovereign rule to carry the cross-beam (patibulum) to his place of execution. Thus the proper starting point is the historical basis [...]

Highest Regard

5, Oct 2009

Ron Hutchcraft writes: It hurts to make something special for someone you love – and then to give it and have it go unnoticed and unappreciated. God knows that feeling. There’s not a day that goes by that He doesn’t give us special gifts from His hand. As James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect [...]

Deliver and Rescue

28, Sep 2009

God is worthy of praise! For, He is a God who goes ahead of us in battle and brings future blessing. God is the One who will deliver us and rescue us. The intensity of the Psalmist leads him to declare that he will sing a new song to the Lord. NIDOTTE writes: Mention is [...]

Jesus, Lord of Creation

21, Sep 2009

Throughout scripture, we see that Jesus Christ is the master of creation.  We see that He can make the moveable waters firm as a firmament that one could walk on it.  Jesus teaches about the faith to take an unmoveable mountain and throw it into the sea.  This passage today reflects on how even the [...]

Music and Theology

16, Sep 2009

Read: Colossians 3:15-17 What is the relationship between music and theology in this passage? How is teaching and singing an expression of God’s Word dwelling within us? What does this have to do with our function as a member of the body?

Emotion and Authenticity

7, Sep 2009

The essence of art involves the communication of emotion.  Nearly every Biblical exhortation, praise, and supplication is filled with a sense of emotion.  As we lead others to worship the True and Living God, our goal is to communicate emotion to the same intensity as intended by the Biblical Author to our audience.  Just as [...]

Reaping and Sowing

28, Aug 2009

The imagery associated with “Reaping” and “Sowing” has a wide range of context.  It can be associated with witchcraft, it can be associated with self-centered greed, and it can be associated with a harvest of righteousness.  As we lead others to worship the Lord Jesus Christ, we need to be careful which image we are [...]

Children of God

19, Aug 2009

Read:   Acts 17:28-29, John 8:42-47, John 1:11-12 These three passages all discuss the topic of children of God.  Our identity as children of God provides a strong colorful backdrop for our role in worship.  To those who are God’s children, we are not His equals.  Rather we are His children; the children whom He loves deeply. [...]


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