Bloodline the new documentary that claims to expose new facts on Jesus’ death and resurrection is set to be released in New York on May 9th and in LA on May 16th, 2008. This film should no doubt create an even bigger ruckus than the Davinci Code. Most people love conspiracies. The truth is the [...]
Debating Worship: Traditional or Contemporary?
Worship, its theology and practice, has always been a controversial issue. Over the past few decades there has been much confusion and division within congregations on any given Sunday morning. The disagreement surrounded what might be considered ‘appropriate content’ for worship. The division raged between two groups – the so-called contemporaries and traditionalists. The ‘contemporarists’ [...]
Multimedia Projectors In Worship: 5 Peeves And Free Tutorials
Using a multimedia projector in worship for PowerPoint displays has been all the rage for sometime now. It can enrage some of us in worship too. Today I visited a very nice congregation and was quite pleased to see they were using a projector to aid in the worship experience. It took some time to [...]
Collecting Multimedia Resources For Worship
Good multi-media worship resources are in hot demand. Appropriate and relevant backgrounds for presentations during worship demand levels of expertise that escape some of us. Instead of spending hours trying to create something, I use ready-made worship backgrounds. Worship leaders and church communication department members constantly scour the internet and store aisles looking for the [...]
Christian Worship Preferences: Traditional or Contemporary?
Christian worship is a difficult to define Christian practice. A broad definition of worship could be that it is an encounter with God. It is God who initiates the meeting and we respond to God’s invitation. Worship is an opportunity where in response to God’s invitation, we affirm our belief in and our relationship with [...]
