Read Psalm 100:1-2. Since God commanded us to sing to Him and in His presence, He obviously has a particular plan for our music. For this reason, we need a biblical philosophy of music. Someone defined a philosophy as “Why you do what you do.” You and I need biblical reasons for why we do […]
Johann Sebastian Bach said, “All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul’s refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no real music, but only a devilish hub-bub.” Yes, music is important in the Christian life. God has not called every Christian to be a pastor, […]
Play music clips from former IB churches. When I was in Bible College, a wise preacher told us that, “Toleration leads to compromise, and compromise leads to apostasy.” Many churches have tolerated CCM, compromised to use CCM, and this led to their apostasy (not rejecting God, but much of what they once held dear). Read […]
My Apologies: I forgot to record this service. Pastor Childs I don’t have to tell you that we live in a world that is addicted to rock music. When I speak of “rock”, I am talking about all the pop music of our day, whether it is punk, heavy metal, grunge, progressive rock, alternative rock, […]
Last week, we learned that the desire to singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs is an evidence of being Spirit-filled. We pointed out that spiritual music was opposite to carnal music. Spiritual music honours the Lord; carnal music appeals to the sensual flesh. Because Satan is a master at transforming into an angel of light […]
God has given to Christians His Holy Spirit, enabling them to overflow with music that truly glorifies God, not their carnal flesh.
In the horse and buggy days, a man was driving with his wife along a dangerous road. At a very narrow place, the wife became frightened and seized the rein nearest to her. Her husband quickly passed her the other rein and let go. Then more frightened than ever she said, “Oh, don’t you let […]
In Job 38-39, God questioned Job about his knowledge. God made it clear that Job’s knowledge about the physical world and about the animal world was very limited. God then asked Job if he was able to instruct the Almighty (Job 40:1-2). Job then told the Lord that he would keep quiet (Job 40:3-5). However, […]
Job was distressed and becoming unstable. It seems that Satan almost accomplished his evil plot of getting Job to turn on God. Job longed to hear from God. God now answered him out of a whirlwind. Picture that in your mind! God rebuked Job for speaking without knowledge (38:2), and then demanded that he answer […]
As you study the book of Job, a question you will inevitably ask is “Who was Elihu?” He was not one of Job’s friends. He was a young man. He seems a bit cocky. Why did God not rebuke him as He did Job’s three friends? His view of suffering is distinct from that of […]