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Putting Words in Their Mouths

By Roger O'Neel, on January 7th, 2012

I have always been a strong proponent of making sure that the texts of our worship songs are theologically sound. One of the driving principles of my personal philosophy for the use of music in worship is what I call the “Musician’s 3:16” Col. 3:16:

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, . . . → Read More: Putting Words in Their Mouths

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“Less is More” in Practice

By Roger O'Neel, on December 9th, 2011

We have had some great comments about the first post “Less is More” on both this site and a sister site worshipchat.com. Some of them stole my thunder on what I wanted to share in part 2 of this post. In the first post, I wanted to share the principle of less is more, . . . → Read More: “Less is More” in Practice

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Less = More

By Roger O'Neel, on November 15th, 2011

When I was in second or third grade, I flunked my first math assignment ever. It was an assignment on placing “greater than” or “less than” signs in equations. I was really good at math, but I missed every single problem. I was devastated. The good news was that it was easily fixed. . . . → Read More: Less = More

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Interview with Bob Kauflin

By Roger O'Neel, on October 27th, 2011

Bob Kauflin from Sovereign Grace Music was recently on our campus and spoke to our students. My colleague, Patrick Anderson, interviewed him. I have always been a fan of Bob, and enjoy his blog, Worship Matters. The first few minutes of what he shared with our students were particularly challenging to both me and . . . → Read More: Interview with Bob Kauflin

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Staying ready for worship – Part 2

By Roger O'Neel, on April 19th, 2011

So, last week I wrote about Lenny LeBlanc’s quote that he doesn’t get ready to worship, he stays ready to worship. His point is well taken. Hebrews 13:15 reminds us that “Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks . . . → Read More: Staying ready for worship – Part 2

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Praise Him with Dance!

By Roger O'Neel, on April 13th, 2011

Just got a link to a great video that I wanted to share with you. The video was posted yesterday and was made with over 2,000 people from Second Baptist Church in Houston, TX.

Don’t miss the end. What a great way to publically declare your faith, have a great project to unite . . . → Read More: Praise Him with Dance!

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