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Welcome to the End of Entertainment Worship
If God is really doing what he says he is, our gatherings can't just be entertainment worship. The answer to consistently having genuine, honest, real, authentic worship is in the worldview that we engender and the theological worldview that we espouse. God really is working all things for good.
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Why Rock Star Worship Leaders Are Getting Fired
Some megachurch rock star worship leaders surprisingly can’t even read music, let alone create a chord chart. So why are they hired? And why are there now more worship leader firings?
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C.S. Lewis on Why We Should Praise
You might think that the staid Oxford don would counsel against praise and worship, but actually he had quite a bit to say about why we should praise.
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How to Avoid Church Tech Arts Burnout
Hi, I’m Anthony Coppedge, and I’m a recovering church tech arts burnout person. Not only have I personally experienced burn out, but I have been a leading contributor of burn out to church tech arts volunteers.
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Is Worshiptainment the Problem, Or Is It Something Else?
What's the real issue behind *any* critique of worship styles?
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Be Still My Soul: A Cure for Panic
The resistance to anxiety doesn’t just happen to you. You have to make the stillness happen, you need to be still in your heart and quiet your soul.
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What Every Songwriter Needs to Know About … Verbs!
You can know what every songwriter needs to know about verbs, and start cranking out some songs overflowing with dynamic verbs and well-chosen static ones.
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John Mark McMillan: Superman, Lois, and My Good Friday Playlist
I have curated a Good Friday playlist of songs for your “Good” Friday that I think speaks to this idea of the God who suffers not just for us but with us.