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Exposition of Come Thou Fount (Part 3)

by on April 3, 2008 in exposition

 “Teach me some melodious sonnets, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise His name I’m fixed upon it, name of God’s redeeming love”    I’m amazed how this song mixes a psalmist sense of poetry with a strong declaration of doctrinal truth. The author, Robert Robinson, comes from a place I think we can all relate. [...]

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Exposition of Come Thou Fount (Part 2)

by on March 27, 2008 in exposition

Yesterday we explored line one of Come Thou Font. Today I’m going to look into the second line which proclaims: “Streams of mercy never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise” The same Hebrew word (hesed) used for mercy is also translated as love. I have a much easier time comprehending God’s unending love than [...]

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Exposition of Come Thou Fount, in view of God’s mercy (Part 1)

by on March 26, 2008 in exposition, songwriting

Come Thou Fount is one of the greatest songs of God’s grace I’ve come across. It’s lyrics are challenging, thought provoking, honest, desperate, vulnerable, humbling and encouraging. I’ve probably listened to the E-Pop version about 100 times the last few months. I literally cry every time, it is gut wrenchingly sweet and full of truth. [...]

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Poll: recap of poll question “What responsibility do worship leaders have with their tatoos?”

by on February 8, 2008 in culture, poll

Thanks for everyone’s votes on the tattoo poll. We got a lot of feedback on that one. 70% of you had a balanced approach and thought the worship leaders responsibility with his/her tattoo depended on the tattoo and the congregation. Almost 20% took the Crazy Town approach and said, flaunt those suckers. 15% of you [...]

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How God became chief in my music

by on January 12, 2008 in songwriting, worship

I love that I serve a God who’s never through showing more of himself. The more I long to see something new, something unseen by myself, something for the present day, He blossoms something in my spirit. These past months have been an extremely difficult time for me personally, while being an incredible growth period [...]

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