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3.66 Bob Kauflin, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • “Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise”
Episode 140
58 Min
December 30, 2024
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Bob Kauflin on his Christ Over All essay: “Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise"
Timestamps to Know
00:27 – Intro
04:15 – How Bob Kauflin Was Introduced to
Messiah
07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures in
Messiah
15:00 – John Newton and Handel’s
Messiah
18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicating the Gospel
26:02 – Leaders Should Bring Explanation
30:04 – Un-Training Musicians Out of a ‘Performance’ Mind-set
38:02 – Counsel for Those in the Arts as Their Vocation
43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish
Messiah
Today
46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gifts that Need to Be Dialed Back
53:00 – How Can We Magnify Christ in Our Focus?
57:16 – Sovereign Grace’s Advent Season
1:00:35 – Closing Thoughts and Outro
Resources to Click
“
Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel
” – Ben Purves
“
Handel’s
Messiah
: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise”
– Bob Kauflin
GLAD Acapella Full Album
“
The Handel Commemoration 1784
” – Jenny Ruthven
“
The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual
” – William Weber
The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database
“
Newton Script to Interweave with Part 2 of Handel’s
Messiah
”
“
Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah
” – Robert Manson Myers
Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast
Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah
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Books to Read
The Works of John Newton
– John Newton
Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790
–
Daniel O’Quinn
Worship Matters
: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God
– Bob Kauflin
True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God
– Bob Kauflin
The Poems of William Cowper
– William Cowper
Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People
– Calvin R. Stapert
The Cross and Christian Ministry
– D.A. Carson
ON THIS EPISODE
Bob Kauflin
Bob Kauflin
,
Stephen Wellum
,
David Schrock
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