by Bret Capranica | Feb 9, 2008 | Music
Greg Gilbert is against music – facetiously at least. Amen! to his comments on music and the modern church service. Church Matters: The 9Marks...
by Bret Capranica | Jan 27, 2008 | Music
God’s Sovereign grace is not cheap – but the CDs at Sovereign Grace ministries will be cheap in February. Be sure to take advantage of this. SGM possesses some excellent modern day congregational worship writers and producers. I regularly benefit from this ministry. Sovereign Grace CDs and Books for Ridiculous Prices and Free Shipping | Worship...
by Bret Capranica | Dec 14, 2007 | Music
My good friend and congregational music leader, par excellence, Scott Hill, has posted a review of Sovereign Grace Ministries new Christmas album. See his article, think check out the songs on the SG site. FIDE-O: CD Review Savior “Celebrating the Mystery of God Become...
by Bret Capranica | Jul 21, 2007 | Culture, Ecclesiology, Music
Watch and listen to Dr. Al Mohler on a Christian’s use and response to music and culture. paleoevangelical: Mohler on Music
by Bret Capranica | Jun 25, 2007 | Music
I do love hymns. Every morning in my quiet time I pull out my Baptist Hymnal and read through (sometimes singing) one or two hymns. “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” continually comes back to my heart as one of my all time favorite expressions of praise. The tune is majestic and fits the profundity of the message (written by Joachim Neander). Hymns like these are what make listening to most contemporary music grow stale to me. This isn’t to say that I don’t like contemporary music, say like that produced by Sovereign Grace Ministries. I do. However, these songs simply don’t last in my heart or sound as strong in my congregation as a song like “Praise to the Lord.” So, when I read this review of the hymn by Ligon Duncan at the First Presbyterian Jackson, MS, blog, it prompted me to make a comment. So, while it may be # 53 in the much loved Trinity Hymnal (which sits just under my Baptist Hymnal), it is # 14 in the BH. I commend Dr. Duncan’s rehearsal of the text and history of this hymn. Since I choose the music for each of our Sunday A.M. services, it takes almost everything in me to not sing this one each Lord’s Day. First Presbyterian Jackson MS: No. 53 Praise to the Lord, the...
by Bret Capranica | Nov 6, 2006 | Music
That is the title of the hymn we began learning yesterday in church. In light of the recent scandel, what a powerful reminder. Written by Basil Manly. Lord, I deserve thy deepest wrath, Ungrateful, faithless I have been; No terrors have my soul deterred, Nor goodness wooed me from my sin. No terrors have my soul deterred, Nor goodness wooed me from my sin. My heart is vile, my mind depraved, My flesh rebels against Thy will; I am polluted in Thy sight, Yet, Lord have mercy on me still! I am polluted in Thy sight, Yet, Lord have mercy on me still! Without defense to Thee I look, To Thee the only Savior fly; Without a hope, without a friend, In deep distress to Thee I cry, Without a hope, without a friend, In deep distress to Thee I cry. Speak peace to me, my sins forgive, Dwell Thou within my heart, O God, The guilt and pow’r of sin remove, And fit me for Thy blest abode, The guilt and pow’r of sin remove, And fit me for Thy blest abode. Click HERE for the...
