Do you wonder why some songs become instantly popular in your church and across the country, while others fall flat? If you're a worship leader, do you have a systematic way for evaluating new songs or do you just look at the latest CCLI top 25 to find song ideas? Thoughts about CCLI I think the …
Preparing for Worship (Part 3): Praying and Reading the Scripture
Called to Worship – Issue #24 By Phil Mershon One of the most important facets of a worshipper's life is a steady diet of scripture. If your worship is not rooted in scripture and truth, then it will become empty emotionalism. Likewise, if your worship is not rooted in the Spirit, then it has the …
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Following Jesus: 5 Reasons to Be Like a Sheep
Called to Worship – Issue #19 A fellow seminarian shared an account from growing up on a sheep farm. Sheep are dumb animals and my friend sometimes struggled to get the sheep to follow his commands. When he had a particularly reticent sheep, Jim and his brothers would tie the sheep up behind a …
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