Author: Kevin McClure

Songwriting in the Church is a crucial element of the history of the Church. Even predating the institution of the Christian Church through Old Testament account, the use of songwriting originates further back than human history can account for. Even when it comes to musical style, there are few mysteries that we have so little knowledge of its origin. This overview of what songwriting and musical creation has played throughout the history of the Church proves the importance of the practice in how the Church has grown, thrived, and succeeded over the last 2,000 years.

Worship leaders are not to manipulate or coerce people to go through the motions but to teach and resource them so that when the Holy Spirit inspires them they can respond confidently using the tools that God has described in His Word

For a Creative, what an exercise in God’s mercy it is to be able to create like He creates! What a gift that we would have music, painting, film, spoken word poetry, and other forms of art that express and draw out emotions and deep realizations!

Though different churches have different liturgies, I've found that the Gospel narrative model is not only incredibly life-giving, but also does a fantastic job of walking our congregations through the Gospel story week in and week out

...to think that three women, second-class citizens in the culture at this point in history, were the first evangelists of the resurrection of Christ only makes this event more fantastic. How God did the unlikely and used the unlikely to tell the world about it!

I realized it wasn't just the world who had bought into the lie that followers of Christ are reliant on their buildings, but so many who claim Christ as their savior have as well! I thought about how so many people wake up on Sunday to "go to church" instead of "go to worship". I realized the numerous amounts of Christians who haven't matured enough in faith to realize that they are the Church.

In what way did Jesus serve? The most notable that I can think of is dying on the cross as payment for our sins, something that you and I can’t emulate very well. However, the next best thing is sharing that Truth with people, loving them in such a deep way that we could think of nothing more loving than to tell them the way that our savior has served us, and sharing the Gospel with them.

Talking points can be a great way to serve our congregations... or a terrible accident full of distraction

Sure, we tend to write and create from our experiences, but the creation itself doesn’t start from within us. It’s birthed from a Home that transcends our experience. I think that’s why good art speaks to so many people, because it isn’t inherently earthly language.

Are our transitions excellent for the glory of God, or the glory of people?