The Artistic Theologian 1 (2012): 40–56 Download this article as a PDF Scott Aniol is Instructor of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. The missional church movement has significantly influenced evangelical churches in recent years, …
The Artistic Theologian 1 (2012): 25–39 Download this article as a PDF Jonathan Blackmon is Associate Professor of Music and Worship Arts Director at Missouri Baptist University. The song of God’s people plays a crucial role in the faith formation …
The Artistic Theologian 1 (2012): 16–24 Download this article as a PDF T. David Gordon is Professor of Religion and Greek at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Framing the Question Philosophically, we are at a new moment in …
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There are two primary considerations that underlie the choice of instruments used in accompanying congregational singing: theological and practical. The focus of this discussion will be the latter of the two. Also assumed in this discussion is that congregational singing …
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The following material was presented in the doctoral colloquium at Southwestern Baptist Seminary on October 20, 2012. For more information about doctoral studies in Church Music at SWBTS, click here. Rather than decry the decline in the organ’s usage in many …
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The Artistic Theologian 1 (2012): 3–15 Download this article as a PDF Kevin T. Bauder is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Minnesota. This essay addresses the following question: Should pastors be learned in …
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The Psalter, the ancient hymnal of Israel, gives a magnificent picture of reality. The Psalter’s lyricists and composers wrestled with the nitty-gritty of life in the ancient world. They wrote honest and beautiful songs about their struggles and triumphs. Some …
The following material was presented in the doctoral colloquium at Southwestern Baptist Seminary on October 20, 2012. For more information about doctoral studies in Church Music at SWBTS, click here. What are some of the reasons for the decline in …
Every local congregation has a corpus of congregational song that serves as a basis for the selection of music for corporate worship. In churches of the nineteenth and twentieth century that was often the hymnal of the church. In many …
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Last year, I worked with a small Texas town, its school board, and its local Baptist church to create a community children’s choir. As I drove 40 miles each way to work with the children of this community, I frequently …
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