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Comment on 16 Reflections on 16 Years of Marriage by Julie

Julie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:33:56 +0000

OMG! Love is so grand when done God’s way! BTW, I know it’s hard to believe, but it DOES just keep getting better! Best wishes to you and yours.

Comment on “God” vs. “King” (a rant) by John Moody

John Moody — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:45:18 +0000

OK, now I get where you’re coming from – and we’re definitely arguing past each other!

I’m NOT saying that the worship team should have picked one song over the other. (Although I’d love for them to do “And Can It Be” sometime – it’s a terrific hymn!) The moment of choice that puzzles me is not at the time of song selection, but when the song was written – why did the songwriter use the lesser claim when the greater claim was staring him in the face? (And we know it was staring him in the face because he adapted Charles Wesley’s lyrics.)

Comment on “God” vs. “King” (a rant) by Navor Tercero

Navor Tercero — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:33:49 +0000

Why point out that a double cheeseburger is not a filet mignon when filet mignon wasn’t even on the menu? The worship team served up a nice double cheeseburger…I think I just broke the analogy

Comment on “God” vs. “King” (a rant) by John Moody

John Moody — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:46:02 +0000

Well, you know odd things set me off!

Seriously, and to stretch my analogy to the breaking point, why would you choose the double cheeseburger from McDonalds instead of the filet if both were offered to you? If worship is “making much of God”, then why choose the lesser option (and by “lesser” here I mean that it doesn’t display the depth of Christ’s sacrifice as well as the alternative)? I’m not saying that it’s wrong to choose the lesser option, only that I don’t understand the rationale in doing so.

But then again, I don’t write songs, for which we all can be grateful!

Comment on “God” vs. “King” (a rant) by Navor Tercero

Navor Tercero — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:08:28 +0000

What I don’t understand, and as your brother I am trying to understand, is why this would be a source of irritation. We know that filet mignon is not an everyday course. I have heard your criticism of the “Jesus is my boyfriend” worship songs, and I agree that there are a lot of songs that are pure fluff. I have become much more attentive to the lyrics we sing in corporate worship. However, when I read your blog here I was puzzled that you would make so much over this. I guess I was just letting you know that your recent blog could be seen as an exercise in splitting spirtual hairs, not that you meant it as such. Please understand that I am not attacking your preference, I just don’t understand the degree of reaction.

Comment on “God” vs. “King” (a rant) by John Moody

John Moody — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:25:52 +0000

Navor – Yes, both are true, and I made sure in my post to state that both Wesley’s formulation and the modern modification are both stating valid theological truths. And yes, of course Jesus wears the title “King” quite well. But I don’t think this is just “style” over “substance” either. I’m sure the modern songwriter (I think it’s Chris Tomlin, but I’m not sure) wasn’t trying to cheat Jesus out of glory either. All I’m saying is that for me, switching from “my God” to “my King” in this instance is like trading in a filet mignon for a McDonald’s Double Cheeseburger – it’s still meat, but something is lost.

Comment on “God” vs. “King” (a rant) by Navor Tercero

Navor Tercero — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:15:07 +0000

John, annoyance is a strong reaction. Aren’t both true? Isn’t the purpose of a worship song to express the truth of our salvation? It seems that your preference of one verse to the other is understandable, but I think that you go too far to impugn the motives of the songwriter to say that the message is watered down. One of the titles of Jesus is the King of kings so He is very comfortable with the title. There is a valid argument that could be made about the modern song being an inferior knockoff of the original, but that it would seem to me is putting style before substance.

Comment on A place to stand in 2010 by Drew

Drew — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:26:53 +0000

Welcome back to the blogosphere John

Comment on My summer reading list by Drew

Drew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:28:30 +0000

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Comment on Thoughts on T4G, a week removed by tom coughlin

tom coughlin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:30:16 +0000

Thanks, John for sharing your experience at T4G.

Very encouraging word…

“I too want to be faithful in sharing Christ with many or few. Oh, the pride, so real, so awful.

Thank God for an amazing Savior. Great messages at the conference,and I want to review them in a few weeks. I did that for the 2006 conference, and the messages sounded so fresh, almost like I hadn’t heard them before. Anyway, thanks for your blog.

Tom Coughlin