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The Four Song Categories in Worship
As human beings, God gave us the ability to categorize.  Right from Genesis 1, God makes animals “according to their kind”, or in other words, He makes creatures in particular categories.  Categorizing things is a way we make sense of a complex world.  I…
Daniel Thornton

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The Four Song Categories in Worship
Creative Arts

The Four Song Categories in Worship

As human beings, God gave us the ability to categorize.  Right from Genesis 1, God makes animals “according to their kind”, or in other words, He makes creatures in particular categories.  Categorizing things is a way we make sense of a complex world.  I…
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Worship Snapshot - April 2018 (Australia)

IntroductionYou probably know what songs your church is singing.  You probably know how that’s changed over the last year or few years.  You may have seen the ‘top songs’ lists from Christian Copyright Licensing…
Exploring Theological Themes in the Music of Singer-Songwriters

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Exploring Theological Themes in the Music of Singer-Songwriters

Introduction Music is an important aspect of human culture, art, and well-being. Music pervades almost all arenas of society, from national anthems to religious spirituality; and at the same time, almost all of human life is the subject matter of musi…
What On Earth Are We Singing? A Series On The Contemporary Congregational Song – Part 7

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What On Earth Are We Singing? A Series On The Contemporary Congregational Song – Part 7

Introduction In my previous Crucis article, “The ‘Praise and Worship’ Problem”, I proposed the need for a new way of categorising the songs we sing corporately (and individually) as believers.  The damaging binary of ‘Praise and Worship’ needs to be r…
Made for Worship

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Made for Worship

The theme for our AC Chapel Services this year has been “Made for this”.  Providing a suitably broad scope, Chapel speakers have adapted it to their own expertise and revelation.  Having pastored a church for the last two years, I have addressed numer…

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The ‘Praise and Worship’ Problem

Introduction I’m not one of those people who gets hung up on every little detail in life. The serviettes (or napkins for you US folk) don’t need to be perfectly folded, the toothpaste doesn’t need to be squeezed from the bottom (even though that is my…

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Ambivalent fame: Insights from the most sung composers of contemporary congregational songs

Introduction I imagine that most people reading this have an opinion about songwriters of contemporary congregational songs. With the world of modern media, many feel a significant connection to those who appear on their screens or on the influential …

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What makes our worship “Pentecostal”?

At the moment, I’m preparing to teach a course on Pentecostal distinctives as they relate to church worship. When my Malaysian host requested this topic, I was a little reluctant. After all, I live in Sydney, where cessationists and Pentecostals have …

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What on earth are we singing? A series on the contemporary congregational song – Part 6

As a part of my PhD research, I have been periodically writing practitioner-oriented articles of my findings.   The notion of consumer choice gives us the illusion that we’re in control of what we buy (or sing for that matter), but when it comes to wh…
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