Worship Reformation

The purpose of Lord’s Day worship—on Sunday, the first day of the week—is that of covenant renewal. This is not a crazy idea unique to Anglicans or Catholics or even Presbyterians. But it is complicated (as covenants tend to be). Covenants are arranged and tied to the Trinity, and there is no pass-the-test definition of a covenant found in the Bible. Instead, God’s Word gives us an unfolding storyline behind each covenant, which in the end gives us a better idea of what a covenant is. Understanding covenants will influence our understanding of how they are renewed, and thereby that of our Sunday morning worship.

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The Worship Reformation Podcast exists to equip the church with a traditional understanding of congregational worship. We have lost much, but much can be regained—if we put forth the effort.

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In my studies of various church cultures across America, I keep returning to one conclusion: we don’t know what church is for. In fact, we have no idea what we’re supposed to be doing on Sunday morning.

About the show

The Worship Reformation Podcast exists to equip the church with a traditional understanding of congregational worship. We have lost much, but much can be regained—if we put forth the effort.

⁠Discover our album.⁠

⁠Learn to sing in parts!⁠ We believe that re-gaining this skill is something the church needs.

This podcast is not sponsored! If you would like this project to flourish and continue, consider ⁠supporting our work.⁠

Read the written form of these podcasts ⁠on our website.⁠

Read up on our work on ⁠SubStack⁠!

Watch podcasts, learn to sing Psalms and Hymns, and listen to ancient church music in four part harmony on our ⁠YouTube channel.⁠

We have been recently focusing on several “delusions” that the modern church has gotten itself into regarding corporate worship. All of them have crept their way into the church for a variety of reasons, but it is somewhat understandable why they have taken such a firm hold—they are all true on some level. Having a spiritual experience, being evangelized, and becoming saturated in God’s word through education are all things which can legitimately happen during corporate worship. But they are not the sole point. Similarly, while praising and giving thanks to God should happen, to focus on these aspects is to ignore equally important things.

About the show

The Worship Reformation Podcast exists to equip the church with a traditional understanding of congregational worship. We have lost much, but much can be regained—if we put forth the effort.

Discover our album.

Learn to sing in parts! We believe that re-gaining this skill is something the church needs.

This podcast is not sponsored! If you would like this project to flourish and continue, consider supporting our work.

Read the written form of these podcasts on our website.

Read up on our work on SubStack!

Watch podcasts, learn to sing Psalms and Hymns, and listen to ancient church music in four part harmony on our YouTube channel.

The idea that the Sunday morning gathering is for educational purposes only seems to be picking up steam as churches become more thirsty for biblical truth without being equally thirsty for the application of this truth. And while comparatively little attention is given to the singing, almost no attention is given to the rest of the liturgy.

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Corporate worship is not a solely evangelistic event. Evangelism might occur, and people might get saved. But that is not the sole purpose of our gatherings on Sunday morning.

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Many misguided ideas have found fertile earth within the modern contemporary style, but none so harmful to Christian worship as those which confuse the understanding of what corporate worship actually is. One very common misunderstanding within evangelical America is that the sole purpose of corporate worship is for personal, spiritual renewal.

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What does and does not go into a church's hymnbook will have a tremendous impact upon the health of that church. Join Brian and I as we discuss the things he and his church thought through as they went through the process of publishing their own Psalter/hymnal. It's not something they took lightly, as you will find.Discover our albumSupport our workGet in contact with the elders at Grace Family Church to speak with them about getting this psalter/hymnal in your church.

Isaiah Holt has been integral in the development of the Sing Your Part app, an app which is bringing about a musical reawakening within the church.

It is no secret that the church has lost much of its former ability to produce congregational singing. Thankfully, this app has been giving congregants the ability to learn how to sing--something which many churches are struggling to provide.Start using ⁠Sing Your Part⁠ to improve your musical literacy and establish a culture of singing in your household today.

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The church in America has regressed into its modern style--in other words, we have lost skill, lost tradition, and lost tradition and heritage. Some say that going back to our former style of worship is impossible and unworthy of the effort required. But is it really that difficult?

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Mentioned During the Show:

Methods of transitioning to a classical or traditional style of congregational worship

Teach against bad entertainment

Encourage the learning of instruments befitting congregational worship.

Introduce Psalms into worship

Introduce the classical style into the normal rotation

Choose a Psalter/hymnal for congregational use

Teach the necessity of family worship in the home

Strategies for heads of households

What to do if you can’t sing

God created men and women differently. This should reflect in every area of life, but especially in congregational worship. But what we find presented in our modern style is rather appalling. Fortunately, there are other ways of executing corporate worship which more closely follow our God-assigned roles.

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Mentioned during the show:

-Second Great Awakening

-Emotional manipulation in church

-Marketing church to women

-Feminist leadership

-Emotive lyrics in contemporary worship

-Effeminate styles of worship

-Lack of harmony

-Masculine leadership

-Biblical lyrics

-Harmonization and parts

-Average division of voices