... if I'm going to come up with anything even remotely fresh.
As I've noted before, for congregational songwriting you need to think theologically not exegetically. Think exegesis and you'll come up with either a scripture in song ditty or a more significant song that a church might want to use once a decade. Neither are commercially viable.
But my doctrine tank is running low. Can anyone recommend something for me to read or listen to?
Tom Wright's 'Surprised by Hope'.
ReplyDeleteTim Chester's 'The Ordinary Hero'.
Miroslav Volf on Forgiveness.
ReplyDeleteTim Keller's 'Prodigal God' isn't what you'd call 'thick', but it teaches some weighty theological truths about the love of God
ReplyDeleteexcellent! I've made a shopping list and may hit K-mart later today!
ReplyDeleteThey're stocking Volf in K-Mart now? How things have changed in two short years!
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