Frederick Dale Bruner: Moving from text to sermon
Good preachers study commentators so they can draw on collective wisdom as they prepare sermons. Frederick Dale Bruner's Matthew commentaries set a high standard. A feature story exploring the commentaries of Dale Bruner and moving from a text to a sermon.
September 29, 2006
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12 min read
How to Choose a Bible Commentary
There are so many Bible commentaries available in English that it can be hard to know how to choose. A single commentary may cover the whole Bible, one of the testaments, a section of the Bible, a book of the Bible, or just part of a book of the Bible.
September 29, 2006
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2 min read
The Last Thirty Years
A colleague was asked point-blank at a workshop recently, “Have changes in worship in the last generation been good or bad?”
The short answer may be yes.
A longer answer was given at a day-long seminar at the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2006.
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
Worship in the Early Church
Some of the worship practices of early Christians --100-400 A.D.-- were strikingly different but perhaps more biblical than ours today.
January 1, 2006
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54 min listen
The Emerging Church: A Guide for the Perplexed
The growing attention paid to the "emerging church" has certainly got people talking. And whatever the "emerging church" is, it seems to be quite a chameleon.
October 16, 2005
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1 min read
A Book to Treasure
A book review on Baird's Eutaxia: "It is a classic and should be on every Presbyterian or Reformed pastor's library shelf."
August 25, 2005
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2 min read
Realism and Worship: An interview with John G. Stackhouse Jr.
Worship that shapes us and helps us articulate our actual relationship with God needs to be as real as possible: true to the impossible ideals of the Gospel that both judge our present and promise us a glorious future, and true to the actual needs, opportunities, failures and successes of our life between worship services.
August 24, 2005
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4 min read
One Day of Hope: Resistance, Spirituality, and Sabbath-keeping - Bethany Keeley
Part of being a Christian in the Reformed tradition is a belief that religion applies to all parts of life; it is with this background that I approach questions of mass culture and cultural resistance.
August 23, 2005
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37 min read
Korean American Churches: From generation to generation
Why do so many Koreans convert to Christianity? And why is it so difficult to pass on this faith to children and grandchildren? A feature story exploring Korean American churches and how their faith is passed down from generation to generation.
July 5, 2005
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11 min read
Contemporary Worship Music Matures
Theologically serious song writers are acknowledging Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in contemporary songs that unite head and heart. A feature story exploring how contemporary music is maturing theologically.
June 10, 2005
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9 min read
A Potpourri of Tips on Writing and Choosing Songs for Worship
Can the world still use new worship songs? Yes. Does their worth depend on how much they sound like other songs or how many people hear and sing them? No.
June 10, 2005
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4 min read
What is Vital Worship?
A summary of the meanings and implications of vital worship.
March 3, 2005
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3 min read
