Doxology Blog

Doxology Blog

4/15/2009
I now have the blog dealing with church music here  The address is www.brotom.com
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Repetition

10/14/2008
I received this question not long ago concerning repetition in song services:
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The Asymmetry Of The Gospel

10/8/2008
This entry doesn’t really have anything to do directly with church music. I’ve just finished the book “Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue” which was produced from the Building Bridges Conference.
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What Will You Do Then?

10/6/2008
You may have noticed a new feature at my blogspot site
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Joyful Expression In Worship

10/3/2008
Last Sunday, Bro. Matt Fowler preached on Phil. 4:4 “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again, I will say, rejoice”. Every Tuesday morning, our staff meets together to discuss the previous Sunday morning’s sermon.
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Wesley On Congregational Singing

10/1/2008
Bob Kauflin quoted a portion of this list in his message at the Desiring God Conference last week. I thought it would be great to share the entire list.
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Sending Out Pt. 2

9/25/2008
I had written a post a few weeks ago about our sending Wes Voorhees, one of our Music Ministers-in-training, to Grace Baptist Church in Selmer, TN.
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Jesus-less Church Music?

9/24/2008
I found this post over at Church Matters. I can’t say I’m surprised that there are gatherings calling themselves “churches” that have gone to these measures, but I am still sickened by it….
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Repertoire Selection Criterion

9/22/2008
Sorry that it’s been a while since I posted. The comments received in response to my post on Ray Boltz were pretty much right on target. I’m sure many churches will possibly over-react to the news about Boltz by pulling every one of his songs from their repertoire.
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Ray Boltz

9/15/2008
I have some disturbing news to share today. It turns out, based on the information in this article, that Ray Boltz has made public his homosexual sin. The article does not call it sin but the scripture does.
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Fireproof

9/9/2008

My wife and I got to go to a free preview of the new movie “Fireproof” last night. It is a movie that was written and produced entirely by the congregation of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA (the same church that produced "Facing The Giants".
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Matthew Henry Quote

9/4/2008
I lead a staff devotion for our church staff every Thursday morning, both Grace Life’s and HeartCry’s
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I Don't Get It

9/3/2008
If you haven’t seen the latest “praise” product out there, you’re not missing much.
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Local Newspaper Article

8/31/2008
Our local paper, The Times Daily, just did a feature article about all the folks moving to the Shoals to be a part of our church. I thought the writer did a relatively good job in her portrayal of what's going on.
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Point Of Diminishing Returns

8/27/2008
Wikipedia says that the definition of my title is: …beyond some point, each additional unit of variable input yields less and less additional output. Brother Music Minister, you better know that there is also a point of diminishing returns in rehearsals.
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Balancing Apples And Oranges

8/25/2008
In my last post I made this comment (minus the parenthetical phrase):The balance between musical excellence and biblical worship is a delicate one.
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Does Size And Style Matter?

8/21/2008
Have you ever been to visit a church where so much careful attention was given to making the music at such a high, grandiose level that worship of Christ was hindered? Where, because of their exquisite musical tastes, they believed their worship to be acceptable?
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New Baptist Hymnal

8/19/2008
I just received my first copy of the new 2008 Baptist Hymnal a few days ago. I’ve got just a few random questions regarding it:
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Clarifications On God's Presence

8/13/2008
In my last blog entry, I tried to deal with a complex area. The idea of “coming into God’s presence” or “being in God’s presence” or “ushered into God’s presence” has had much promotion in the contemporary evangelical church.
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In God's Presence

8/11/2008
I touched on a concept in my last blog entry that probably needs further explanation. Grudem expresses what he believes is one of the highest priorities in the church. In summarizing the divisive issue of cessationism/continuationism he appeals to churches to look to unifying desires.
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Thoughts By Grudem

8/7/2008
I just finished reading a book published by Zondervan in an interesting format. Wayne Grudem (as editor) selected four men to write and debate the subject of cessationism/continuationism in the book “Are Miraculous Gifts For Today?”.
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Sending Out

8/5/2008
There is a brother here at Grace Life Church named Wes Voorhees. He was here when I got to AL 3 ½ years ago, leading a small group and playing bass guitar in the orchestra.
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Survival Instinct

7/31/2008
I have been taking a few vacation days in the past week. During that time, we went up to Southern Illinois where our families still live.
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TCC CD Update

7/30/2008
We have received numerous inquiries as to the availability of our first release on Grace Life Music, a CD called Music From The 2008 True Church Conference.
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Dever On Church Music (Disagreement?)

7/22/2008

For the past couple of entries, I have shared some insight by Mark Dever from his book “The Deliberate Church”, specifically out of his chapter on music. 

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Dever On Church Music (Agreements) Pt. 2

7/17/2008

We continue today with comments on Mark Dever’s writings from his book, The Deliberate Church. Mark raises another issue in his chapter, entitled “Music” with the following item:

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Dever On Church Music (Agreements)

7/15/2008

In Mark Dever’s book “The Deliberate Church” he writes an entire chapter on church music. I must admit that I was surprised to see such notice and attention given to the subject.

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