Worship Archive

The nine month process of recording an album has finally produced fruit.  We have CD’s in hand, it can currently be downloaded at Amazon or iTunes and will be on Rhapsody in a week or two.  The songs were all written and produced by David...

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I have been a subscriber to Worship Leader Magazine for about 3 years. I believe the magazine serves a legitimate place in the kingdom, but magazine as a whole is a little too ecumenical in its chosen writers for my personal taste. While I do...

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Music has taken on a life of its own in the past 100 years and while it is important, necessary and a wonderful gift of God I think we misunderstand exactly what its purpose is in the life of the believer. Music? What is it?...

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It has been months since I have had anything I felt like blogging about. I have blogged so little this year some of our newer readers probably don’t even know I am a contributor here at Fide-o. Since worship leaders are being picked on this...

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I have been “leading worship” since I was 15, and I don’t mean in the youth band. I have been leading congregational music in “big church” since I was 15 years old. I have seen just about everything that can be seen and have done...

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I along with 6 musicians from our church just returned from the WorshipGod08 Conference. I wanted to blog last week on it, but didn’t carry a laptop and discovered I am from the wrong generation to type on a virtual qwerty iPod Touch keyboard past...

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Don’t think for a minute that Rick was encouraging people to take off their shoes in order to be reverent in God’s presence. No! Rick just wanted them to get something to twirl around while he sung a popular song from the 80′s called You...

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Have you noticed how many words we have lost over the past several decades. It seems like all the good words have been hijacked by everyone except the people who actually epitomize the word. “Fundamentalist” means either a turban wearing, dynamite strapped, terrorist ready to...

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In February I started a monthly event called “Worship At the Merc”. This is one of the songs that Dave Regier who is playing piano wrote. The others are Sal Hamby on bass, Tony Langdon acoustic and me on vocals. This was the first time...

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“You know Pastor if you would sing more old songs then the church would enjoy the service more” “I don’t know why but when you play the newer songs it just gets me in the mood to worship” I could continue with quotes like these...

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Why does Psalm 47:1 command God’s people to clap and shout in worship? Guard that which has been entrusted to us.

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It will be no secret to readers of Fide-o that I have become a huge fan of Sovereign Grace Music over the last few years. Their commitment to excellence in the area of worship music and their desire to write music for the church is...

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As a Worship Pastor, Worship Leader, Music Guy, Service Organizer, or whatever label you can give to my position (I still have trouble getting comfortable with the first two) one of my favorite resources for new ideas are others in my position. I am always...

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I have been involved in the so called “worship wars” my entire life. I mean that. My life has centered around church music, and little else. I have been in 100′s of churches, possibly thousands of bible belt churches, and because of this I have...

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You are the hand that catches my fall You are the friend that answers my call You are my day You are my night Your are my love and all of my life You are the love I need You are the air I breathe...

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I know it has been a while, but I thought I would add a few more installments of “Jesus or My Girlfriend”. Stuck in the middleI burrow insideBack to the cradleAway from the burdensOf all my crimesBefore it’s fatal The past has found meThe truth...

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As a whole or a single event does this service unwittingly belittle God in any way What is being taught to the congregation in every aspect of this service Is there theological balance in the service How do these songs reflect and shape what we...

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Why do so many Reformed prefer the hymns?We have a great appreciation for the Biblical substance and reverant overtones of the style. We should remember that man’s fundamental problem is that he is by nature an idolator and is tempted to worship himself. But remember,...

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Is singing more important than preaching? The answer to the question in the title is obviously no. Paul didn’t say it is through the foolishness of singing that men will get saved. Yet, just how important is our time of corporate singing?I have heard 1000’s...

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Blogging for me sometimes has an interesting dynamic. The reason I blog is to force myself to think through some of my own theology and philosophy of ministry and its consequences in my own life. It also gives you the readers a chance to agree,...

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This weeks installment comes with a question in the comments section. First read the lyrics decide who the song is to, then read the first comment and answer the question. Collapsing was much softerStill falling always hurtOnly after sensing your loveFor always ever burnedYou justified...

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In this week’s version of Jesus or My Girlfriend I have chosen a song that may give some of you trouble. Without googling the lyrics, is this song considered Christian or secular? I spent a day by the riverIt was quiet and the wind stood...

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One of the more corrupt and perverse industries on the entire planet is the Christian Music Industry, and I am speaking from experience. In fact, I would place it right up there with the Catholic Church and TBN. How did it become that way? Well...

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I thought for this week’s addition of “Jesus or My Girlfriend” I would make us take a closer look at a song I am sure many of us have sung. This song is strikingly familiar to a poem I wrote my future wife in college...

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Bob Kauflin has an interesting post on “worshiptainment“. It is a response to a question from a guy who has to lead a worship time in a setting with many lost students. Here is an exerpt.I really like number 2 and 5. How is that...

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Last weeks installment of Jesus or my Girlfriend was a (supposedly) Jesus song.I liked the one comment from ThirstyDavid who asked, “but why do I feel like I’ve been eavesdropping where I shouldn’t?”This weeks song has a twist. It is in the regular rotation in...

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ReformedTheology.com has an excellent article on the use of arts in worship. In it we are challenged to consider if what we are doing is genuine worship, and reminded that genuine corporate worship is not bound by style but motive. You also get to read...

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Can someone tell me when we began “falling in love with Jesus”? I was recently emailed an article from Radiantmag.com. The article never really made a real point as far as I could see. Maybe the point was quit watching chic flicks, which I am...

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As a Pastor and Worship Leader, I get the privilege of hearing some of the worst music ever written. So for the benefit of you who don’t spend hours listening to new music I am going to begin a weekly post called Jesus or my...

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John chapter four provides us an incredible story of true worship. The Apostle established the theology of who Jesus is in chapter one (the God-man), established why Jesus came to earth in chapter two (to do His Father’s will), and established how He was going...

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Scott and Bret, I know that you two men are not only pastors but worship leaders as well, being musically inclined unlike myself. (I think it has something to do with thinking with the right side of my brain… rather than wrong side or left...

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I am always fascinated to hear someone who has truly embraced post modern thought attempt to communicate in that manner. On the Founders Blog under the comments we have one of the best examples I have ever read. If you have never really been exposed...

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In case you didn’t know or didn’t care Carla over at EmergentNo took a strange hit this week over the questioning of the influence of post-modernism among churches as a whole not just the EC movement. What struck me as strange was accusation of “uncharitable...

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Communications experts tell us that the words of something comprise about 7% of the total communication content. The other 93% is communicated through the tone of voice and via the body language. I believe that is one of the things that makes writing/blogging so difficult...

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I have this recurring dream that I enter into our church sanctuary to begin the music service, and everyone is acting like a bunch of school children waiting for the substitute teacher. Paper is being thrown, Starbucks cups litter the hands of caffeinated Southern Baptist...

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There is a lot of talk among reformed circles concerning the move away from congregational singing. Their argument is that the seeker movement has turned church music into a spectator event. While this may or may not be true I believe we need to face...

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Post Author: Scott Hill Over the last several months I have noticed a lot of blogging about the argument over hymns verses contemporary songs in worship services. Many of the post were refreshingly witty, others were dripping with sarcasms, and some were oozing with such...

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