When You Are Near - Psalm 16:8-11
As per a few requests, I will be posting the chord charts for our Messianic Psalms songs, "The Gospel According to the Psalms." The audio can be found on our Facebook 'fan' page. This particular song has audio posted twice: once as a single practice session, and then included in the 3 part live recording of our Hudson, MI concert. We will be releasing a recording of these songs early next year (2010), Lord willing.[Verse 1]. ---C#dim---------------E9When anxious thoughts disturb my sleep. --C#dim --------------E9-------A9and grief would turn my faith to fear. E -------------C#dimI look to you my living priest. --E2 -----A2 --------

Some have asked w...
Some have asked why we call what we do, "Sermons in Song," so this article should answer some of those questions. Mainly, we are trying to strengthen local churches by the preaching of the gospel according to Colossians 3:16. This verse says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”Sermons – Let the Word of ChristThere is almost nothing that will more quickly weaken a church than the neglect of preaching the word of God. For this reason, Sermons in Song is thoroughly committed to expositional preaching. This means that w

On Using the Web
Recently we have been looking at more effective ways to use the various internet resources that are available, particularly social networking and blog resources. As part of this, we are beginning to standardize and focus the various web elements for Sermons in Song. In this post, we will explain how we intend to use the various resources available.On BloggingThe blog is a format that has some familiarity with me, since I have been blogging for several years. Many of you are aware that I have been blogging at NeoFundamentalist since early 2005. For several reasons, I have not recently been writing there, and we are pro

Soteriology Does Inform Your Worship
I recently read an article on worship that made the following assertion: "However, I must repeat, there is no direct impact of Reformed Theology itself on worship theology or practice. Historically there have been both conservative and progressive Calvinists, Arminians, Dispensationalists, and Covenant Theologians, and there is nothing inherent in these theological convictions that leads to a particular worship philosophy."I could not disagree more! First, the statement assumes that Worship Theology and Reformed Theology are only tangentially related, and

Soteriology Does Inform Your Worship
I recently read an article on worship that made the following assertion: "However, I must repeat, there is no direct impact of Reformed Theology itself on worship theology or practice. Historically there have been both conservative and progressive Calvinists, Arminians, Dispensationalists, and Covenant Theologians, and there is nothing inherent in these theological convictions that leads to a particular worship philosophy."I could not disagree more! First, the statement assumes that Worship Theology and Reformed Theology are only tangentially related, and