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Acceptable Worship 9-Day Devotional

By Kim Arnold May 31, 2021Education, Music, Worship

Acceptable-Worship-9-Day-Devotional-BookletDownload Acceptable Worship 9-Day Devotional Nine days learning about worship. That is the purpose of this devotional. You will trace worship from Abraham, through Moses and David, and into the…

Imagination in Hymnody

By Kim Arnold May 28, 2021Hymnology, Music

Imagination in Hymnody Below is an excerpt from a larger paper that I titled "Music as More than Mental Mechanism: An Analysis of Imagination in the Hymnody of Thomas Hastings."…

A Reflection and Anticipation of God’s Faithfulness

By Kim Arnold May 24, 2021Congregational Song, Hymnology, Music, Worship

A Reflection and Anticipation of God's Faithfulness One of the great hymns of faith that has been reverberating in my brain over the past few months is “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” written…

Sing Your Faith: Martin Luther’s Worship Reforms

By Kim Arnold May 24, 2021Worship

Sing Your Faith: Martin Luther's Worship Reforms A mighty fortress is our God,a bulwark never failing;our helper he, amid the floodof mortal ills prevailing.For still our ancient foedoes seek to…

Why the Quality of our Worship is Important

By Kim Arnold May 24, 2021Worship

Why the Quality of our Worship is Important But while God wants us to worship Him, we cannot worship Him just any way we will. The One who made us…

Proverbs as a Model for Education

By Kim Arnold May 24, 2021Education

Proverbs as a Model for Education The book of Proverbs offers a wealth of information for both the learner and the teacher. Multiple times throughout the text, the author refers…

Philosophy of Worship

By Kim Arnold May 24, 2021Congregational Song, Worship

Philosophy of Worship Who do we worship? As Christians, we worship the one true God (Deuteronomy 6:4). As the Lord is head of the Trinity, we also worship in a…

Why Do We Sing?

By Kim Arnold May 23, 2021Congregational Song, Worship

Why Do We Sing? Jesus calls us from the worshipof the vain world’s golden store,from each idol that would keep us,saying, “Christian, love me more.”“Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult,”…