POP GOES THE GOSPEL (Part 1) Kevin Simington I distinctly remember my first sermon as the new Pastor of a church in Victoria, in 1995. On my first Sunday morning, I preached what I considered to be a safe message; a basic explanation of the gospel as explained by Paul in the first 5 chapters …
Month: March 2018
THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING WATCH Kevin Simington Next week I am commencing a series entitled, “Pop Goes The Gospel”, which deals with the post-modern repackaging of the gospel and its pervasive influence within Christianity. I am conscious, however, that pointing out error and challenging the status quo is not viewed very positively within the modern …
MORE ABOUT WORSHIP SONGS Kevin Simington In my previous post, I spoke of the need to carefully examine the songs we sing in church, to ensure that they are God-focused rather than self-focused. The last three decades has seen a growing proliferation of songs which major on articulating the self-focused emotional response of the worshipper, …
LYRICS IN WORSHIP SONGS Kevin Simington The Bible indicates that musical worship has a two-fold purpose: A Vertical Dimension The first, and primary, purpose of worship in song is to glorify God by offering to Him the praise that is due to His Name. This fundamental concept of worship is inherent in countless verses throughout …
MORE STORIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH Kevin Simington One of the most famous cases of Out-of-Body (OBE) Dear-Death Experiences took place in Harborview Hospital, Seattle, in 1984, and involved a young woman named Maria and her critical care social worker, Kimberly Clark. Maria was a migrant worker who, while visiting friends in Seattle, …