So how does a pastor help ensure that doctrinal knowledge does not become an end in itself? To this point Piper added the following comment:
A very practical thing for pastors: I asked that we sing when I was done because I really wanted you to be able to say with the heart “all I have is Christ.” I wanted you to say it and sing it. My suggestion for pastors is that you study the music here, the lyrics, and you do the research and get the gospel songs. Sovereign Grace is serving the evangelical movement incredibly, I think. I’m going to qualify my enthusiasm here. I'm totally there, these are my favorite contemporary songs. And it is a narrow slice of culture, it’s a narrow slice of musicality. Know that, and be okay with that, and maybe not limit yourself to that.…It’s amazing how many churches don’t—from their hearts—sing the gospel, sing the glories of justification, sing the glories of substitutionary atonement, sing the glories of the resurrection.John’s words show us the important relationship between knowing right doctrine and putting that doctrine into lyrics and songs that free our hearts to express our affections to the Savior. And I cannot think about this topic without voicing my appreciation for my friend and my favorite worship leader, Bob Kauflin.
This entire panel discussion is worth a listen and it’s available online here. Audio from all four of the panels is now available online here.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
All I Have is Christ
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I love this song. I saw this video over on Timmy's blog and immediately got the music in the hand of the worship team.
Yes, great song. We do a lot of Sovereign Grace songs at church. "All I Have is Christ" is a regular and we just did it last week. I would also recommend "The Greatest of All" and "By This We Know Love" - two other excellent songs.
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