Posting this here as it probably is too detailed for my thesis. A member of Wanganui Central Baptist Church contributed the following memory of pumping the organ: “[W]ell do I remember keeping the bellows gauge up to ¾ mark for normal music. But it was coats and ties off and full pressure for the “Doxology”… Continue reading coats and ties off
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uncomfortable majority
Democracy’s main weakness is that it makes it possible for popular error to hold sway. Conservative Christians, like me, would say that about this or that popular cultural value that doesn’t align with theirs, and a minority voice within a Christian denomination often says that about the majority denominational view which which they disagree. There… Continue reading uncomfortable majority
epiclesis at a free church communion table
After taking bread, and before breaking and giving it to the disciples, Jesus blessed it. We are given no text for his prayer of blessing, but this simple act is the genesis of what is called ‘epiclesis’; where a priest, minister, pastor (or in some traditions anyone) ‘calls down’ the Holy Spirit on the bread… Continue reading epiclesis at a free church communion table
worship: the most divisive topic in church life
Because it is. There’s the infamous ‘hymns’ versus ‘choruses’ debate that still echoes around the church. But I think the new issue will be ‘liturgical’ v. ‘non-liturgical’ (or ‘free’?) debate. I just preached a sermon which discussed ‘worship’ and suggested that we (Baptists) may need to review our approach. I made reference to some ‘liturgical’… Continue reading worship: the most divisive topic in church life