Worship and Counseling (Part 2)

Do’s and Don’ts of Moralism

Here’s Matt Chandler preaching about how not to preach the Gospel. Strike zone:

A Cake Not Turned

Morning and Evening with C.H. Spurgeon “Ephraim is a cake not turned.” — ho 7:8 Thought A cake not turned is uncooked on one side; and so Ephraim was, in many respects, untouched by divine grace: though there was some partial obedience, there was very much rebellion left. My soul, I charge thee, see whether this be thy case. Art thou thorough in the things of God? Has grace gone through the very centre of thy being so as to be felt in its divine operations in all thy powers, thy actions, thy words, and thy thoughts? To be sanctified, spirit, soul, and body, should be thine aim...

Worship and Counseling (Part 1)

David Powlison (CCEF) & Bob Kauflin (Sovereign Grace Ministries) in Conversation (Part 1 of 2) A few tidbits from this conversational feast: Bob Kauflin “A worship leader should never say, “Sing it like you mean it.” We should always mean it.” “People walk in every Sunday with the problem that everything in their lives has become bigger than God.” “The worship leader links heart-stirring music with biblical truth…to let the Word of Christ dwell in people richly.” David Powlison “Pay attention to the syntax of hymns. Some are about...