On Sunday we’re pretty gospel centered. We sing about the gospel, we hear a message about the gospel, we discuss spiritual issues with a friend. But when we walk into the office Monday morning the gospel is shoved out of our minds by meetings and projects and tasks.

So what does the gospel have to say to us as we walk in the office doors on Monday morning?

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Old Truth, New Sound

We love fresh music coupled with old truth. We love it when generations work together to help us see truth in a fresh way. And we love that we get to hear both on a new album from Pat Sczebel and his sons Joel and Josh.

The Sczebels talked to us about their album, creativity, and working together with another generation for God’s glory.

While you…

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The Bible and Media

We asked worship leader and pastor, Bob Kauflin, some question about media, music, and the Bible. Bob will lead worship with his son Devon at Na 2007 and he blogs regularly at WorshipMatters.com.

Na: What Scriptures have informed your understanding of media (movies, music, books, magazines, web content) that you pursue?

Bob Kauflin: Here are a few that come to mind.

Proverbs…

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We asked Bob Kauflin some questions about worship and humble orthodoxy.

1. Why is holding truth so important in worship?
Jesus said in John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” We can’t worship a God we don’t know. That’s why biblical doctrine and theology are so important in the songs…

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We know that there are a lot of people burned by involvement in churches and might be wondering whether to ever go back. This story is for you. It’s the story of a disillusioned pastor that lost and found a passion for the local church. Our hope is that in sharing his story people that have been burned by their church experience would find hope too.

Sitting alone…

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We love Justin Taylor for walking out humble orthodoxy with his unique blend of wisdom and humility. Justin is currently the ESV Bible Project Manager at Crossway and writes a blog called Between Two Worlds. We asked him 11 questions about Humble Orthodoxy and church trends...

Question #1: Can you give us your definition of Humble Orthodoxy and why we need it in the…

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