worship

Music: Ghost Ship

November 15, 2011
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This morning I’ve been listening to, and really enjoying, Ghost Ship’s new album, “A River with No End.” Give it a listen below. A River With No End by Ghost Ship From their Bandcamp site: Ghost Ship is a roots-rock band that writes music about Jesus. They lead the worship gatherings at Mars Hill Downtown [...]

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O God of Our Salvation

September 11, 2011
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We are working through a thematic series on Sunday mornings at Redeemer called, Redisvoering the Greatness of God that focuses on Theology Proper and how these core doctrines of God’s character connect to the gospel and enrich our faith. One of the songs that we have been singing during this series is Michael Bleecker’s modern [...]

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Need of Jesus

May 2, 2011
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I love promoting the collection of Puritan prayers, The Valley of Vision, as a resource for people who desire to grow in their practice and understanding of prayer. But, it’s also a great tool for use in worship gatherings. We use many of the prayers from the Valley of Vision in a few different ways [...]

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Simplicity and Repetition Are Okay

April 4, 2011
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Worship music and gatherings that use a lot of repetition catch a lot of flack from certain quarters of the Christian world. There have certainly been occasions when I have inwardly moaned at prolonged and repetitious songs that have little to say. But, some things are certainly worth repeating. At the Maranatha Grace Fort Lee [...]

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Mars Hill’s Good Friday Music and Movie

March 15, 2011
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At the moment I’m listening to Mars Hill’s live music from their 2010 Good Friday service. Go ahead and click play below and listen to their arrangement of How Deep The Father’s Love For Us. It’s my favorite from the set. You can download the album for free here. Very good stuff. You can also [...]

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Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed

January 30, 2011
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We sing a lot of hymns at Redeemer Fellowship. Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed? is one of them. It was written by Isaac Watts in the 18th centiry, and bears the stamp of his theology. It is a rich, beautiful, cross-centered hymn. However, a refrain was written for the hymn over 100 years later [...]

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The Music I Study To: Worship Music

January 26, 2011
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The Music I Study To: Film Scores (Part one) The Music I Study To: Jazz (Part Two) The Music I Study To: Worship Music (Part Three) The truth is I study to a lot of different kinds of music. While writing my book, Note to Self, the music in the background varied from film scores, [...]

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