Matt Blick's Blog (7)

As it's so near to December 31st, I can confidently say I've found my favourite album of 2008. It's (drum roll please)...Resurrection Letters Vol. II by Andrew Peterson. His lyrics are both constantly fresh and unexpected and yet once you hear them so 'right' that they seem inevitable. As soon as I got the album I listened to it 5 times in a row. You can download a podcast where he previews every song and talks a… Continue

Passion founder Louis Giglio has long emphasised the primacy of the local church over parachurch ministry. Now he's putting his money where is mouth is by moving to Atlanta to plant a Church. How will he cope with the shift from stadium worship to local church music team? Pretty easily I guess - he's taking… Continue

As much as I love multicultural musical cross-pollination, sometimes it's just WRONG.
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Here's classic talk from Newfrontiers' leader Terry Virgo on charismatic worship.Obviously it's always good to hear apostolic teaching on this area, but Terry also speaks about the role of faith in corporate worship which is not something I've ever heard or even thought about before.

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At the first Worship North gathering a number of people mentioned wanting to grow in their bands ability to 'self-arrange'. Bob Kauflin from Sovereign Grace has done some of the best teaching I've heard on this subject. Why not get break out the chips & dips and get your team together to watch this? If you prefer you can download the audio mp3 along with every other seminar from the Wors… Continue

Brian Doerksen on the humorous story behind writing Your Love Is Amazing and why it's ruined his chances of ever getting some quiet writing… Continue

Books don't change people…paragraphs do…sometimes even sentences. - John Piper, A Godward Life.

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