Tout fini

I have decided to take down this blog because I really don't know what I'm talking about.
Goodbye!

I made a mistake in my post of February 2009

In a post of February 2009 I criticized the song "Give us clean hands" because it lacked overt elements of the Gospel.

An anonymous commenter has pointed out that the song seems to faithfully follow a psalm.

I failed to consider this. I need to analyze it more, but I think I'll probably change the post.

I'll leave it up for now as a memorial to my ignorance.

I'm glad that this is a "low traffic" blog.

More later...

How to Think Biblically About Christian Music

I would argue that one problem is that most church-goers do little if any thinking about the music they sing.

Here is an old post at SaidAtSouthern.
HT: Kata Drew.

10 Principles for Church Music

Justin Taylor links to "Wise reflections from Kevin DeYoung" (part 1 / part 2).

Interesting Book Review

A recent book contrasting Old Testament poetry with the happy-clappy mush served by the CCLI-singing Garage Bands posing as "worship leaders" is here.

Free Church of Scotland on the Slippery Slope

R. Scott Clark comments on possible changes to the Free Church of Scotland's exclusive hymnody here. Several good points come up in the comments section.

UPDATE: Heidelblog is no longer available.

9 Ways the modern-day* church has gone wrong with worship

That is the subject of a recent post at The Biblical Weltanschauung of a Moderate-Conserative Mennonite Christian