Honoring Christ In Audio Mixing-Day 2
Hear Jesus says, “to those who have ears let them hear.” In Bible times, hearing was a necessity, even over that of the other four senses. Only about 2% of the population could read, and so they heard information. Fun Fact … did you know, that sound resonates in the brain faster than through sight? It also enters first through the spine. It rouses the work of the body before the mind. Sounds educate people differently than do...
Freebie #7-Charlie Hall: Renown vs Fame
In this video, Charlie Hall talks about the importance of pastoring and passing on the heart and gifts of Jesus. We are giving away hundreds of videos about creative ways to bring Jesus into all of culture. Go to www.makejesusculture.com for FREE weekly releases. From our website you can also access smaller bundles of video content pertaining to all realms of creativity and innovation in...
Honoring Christ In Audio Mixing-Day 1
Theological Sound A study was done in which gardens were planted in different and yet identical greenhouse environments. The only thing that varied from greenhouse to greenhouse, was the music.Various boom boxes were placed next to the plants to serenade them with tunes as they grew. One greenhouse played classical. Another, metal. Another, rock. Another, pop etc. By the end of the experiment, the only plants thriving were the ones...
Freebie #6-Dr. Kevin Brown What is Virtue?
Dr Kevin Brown shares with us his hindsights into what virtue is and what to do with it. We are giving away hundreds of videos about creative ways to bring Jesus into all of culture. Go to www.makejesusculture.com for FREE weekly releases. From our website you can also access smaller bundles of video content pertaining to all realms of creativity and innovation in business, education, media/arts, governance, technology, family,...
Honoring Christ in Our Home-Day 3
A Hotel or a Home We sadly treat the church today like a Hotel not a Home. In a hotel, one comes in and uses up resources. We empty the toiletries, mess up the bed, and get waited on hand and foot. This is sadly how we expect the world around us to work, and it’s sadly what’s happening in our world today. We are using up resources, devouring people, and expecting that everything will wait on us and our every desire. This is not the...
Freebie 5- Dr. Gerry Breshears- Finding Purpose Within Our Creativity
In this video Dr. Gerry Breshears teaches us how interpreting Scripture, helps us to find purpose within our creativity. We are giving away hundreds of videos about creative ways to bring Jesus into all of culture. Go to www.makejesusculture.com for FREE weekly releases. From our website you can also access smaller bundles of video content pertaining to all realms of creativity and innovation in business, education, media/arts,...
Honoring Christ in Our Home-Day 2
One Anothering The Bible is filled with countless “one another” statements. We are a family as Christians. No Christian is exempt from the pastoral work of love, and yet often we do just that—we leave it to the “staff” to do the “work of ministry.” However, through Christ’s saving work at Calvary, we ALL have become a family bound together in unity in familial relationship. We are called to live in peace with each other, we are called...
Freebie 4- Tom Boomershine- Present, Perform, and Interpret the Bible through Acting
In this video Tom Boomershine, displays the power of presentation and interpretation through acting out the Bible. We are giving away hundreds of videos about creative ways to bring Jesus into all of culture. Go to www.makejesusculture.com for FREE weekly releases. From our website you can also access smaller bundles of video content pertaining to all realms of creativity and innovation in business, education, media/arts, governance,...
Honoring Christ in Our Home-Day 1
The Meal and Home In the first three centuries, largely up until the time that Constantine politicalized Christianity as the state religion, the whole of the Christian worship service (the gathering) was referred to as “the Lord’s Supper.” It wasn’t a wafer and a sip from a plastic throwaway cup that was in Paul’s mind in 1 Corinthians 10:17-34, when he spoke of the Supper. The context of Paul’s argument in 1 Corinthians clearly is...
“Freebie 3- Josh Blake-God’s Family and Kingdom in Song
In this video, Josh Blake teaches us creatively, about God’s family and kingdom. We are giving away hundreds of videos about creative ways to bring Jesus into all of culture. Go to www.makejesusculture.com for FREE weekly releases. From our website you can also access smaller bundles of video content pertaining to all realms of creativity and innovation in business, education, media/arts, governance,...
Required Reading: The Worship Pastor by Zac Hicks
I haven’t recommended a lot of books on WMC over the 10 years we have been doing this little thing. There have been some like Paul Baloche’s God Songs, that I would definitely still recommend. I’m sure there have been a few others, but not many. There are reasons, mainly because I’m a slow reader and I don’t like to recommend something I wouldn’t stand behind. Well, I want you to know, I would...
Tips for Having an Impartful Praise & Worship Ministration
Hello! From my personal few experiences as a worship leader, here are a few things I have come to understand can truly help you minister effectively during a praise and worship session, be it in a large church gathering or a house fellowship or a small group. • Have a Spiritual Focus: At the time of preparation, prayerfully have a definite focus for the session. Let the Holy Spirit open the eyes to what he needs to get done through...
Highways to Zion in Your Heart
One of the sacred actions of Christian worship is pilgrimage. The word “pilgrimage” may be defined as “journey made to a sacred place as an act of devotion.” The practice of pilgrimage may be traced to one of the theological emphases derived from the idea of “sacred place” connected to Hebrew worship in the Old Testament. The pilgrimage was a part of Israel’s religious life from the very beginning, attested by the patriarchal journeys...
A Call to Worship
The “bookends of King David’s life in the Books of Chronicles are the two great events that the shape the worship life of ancient Israel. The first is the installation of the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem (1 Chron 15-16). The second is the preparation for the building of the God’s temple in Jerusalem (1 Chron 28-29). Both accounts conclude with doxology and contribute purposefully to the recurrent themes of Chronicles as...
A Multi-Ethnic Worship Leader Is … A Learner
A few years ago a good friend of mine said, “Our worship flows from our understanding of God’s heart.” This has stuck with me on a really deep level. And this has changed the way I approached multicultural worship. When I first started pursing the vision for multicultural worship in 2005 I focused heavily on singing songs in different languages. (I still do.) And I did that because I believe that’s where part of my gifting and...
A Multi-Ethnic Worship Leader Is … Courageous
Courage is one of those attributes one normally associates with firefighters, police, and other public servants. Rarely do people call musicians courageous, unless they happen to be taking a particularly unpopular stance on a highly political issue. But I believe worship leaders in multi-ethnic contexts are often courageous. As a matter of fact, in order to be successful doing multi-ethnic worship music ministry, you must be...