Thirty-three provocative essays on corporate worship, hymnody and psalmody, issues, and composers and composition. Explores Scripture teaching on the role of music in the church.

Too much of the debate surrounding different worship styles center on personal music preferences. Paul Jones, respected author on church musicianship and worship, takes one step further back and asks the question What is the music for? . Looking at biblical and historical sources, he builds a struct... (more)

Are you searching for spirituality? It's important not to get the wrong product! Common opinion says that any one religious view is as valid as another, and that it is intolerant and hateful to believe in only one truth. But suppose there is only one truth; suppose spiritual deception is a real and ... (more)

Psalms are song lyrics, the poetry of the soul. Written around 2500-3500 years ago, they are part of our history, our consciousness. This selection of a dozen trans-created Psalms, taking its inspiration from rap and country and western, brings the intent of the writers into the poetry and language ... (more)

Philip Ruge-Jones uses story and plain language to explore the transformative power of the Word of God in the midst of a society where the glory of power, prestige, profits, and certitude is substituted for God's glory as revealed in the crucified and risen Christ. The More...cross, says Ruge-Jo... (more)