Friday Freebie: C.J.Mahaney

One of the most helpful talks I've come across in the last few years relating to the dynamics of leading a worship team is Pastoral Character & Loving People by C.J. Mahaney. It's something of a life message for him and I've heard several versions but this one really helped work through a difficult pastoral situation in my worship team a while back. C.J. masterfully helps you identify how God is working in even the most difficult person and so gain faith that he'll continue to work in them in the future. Poor summary, but trust me - if you are involved in leading people in a worship band, you need to download this and put it in your toolbox. It'll come in handy sooner or later.

"Your guitar solo was way too long, buddy..."

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Recommended Seminar: Worship In The Valley

I've been listening to some of Sovereign Grace's most recent worship conference mp3's and want to recommend Worship In The Valley by Matt Mason which you can download for free. As someone who's live through Hurricane Katrina, not to mention several person tragedies, he know what he's talking about. Check it out.




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Half Birthday - Top 5 Free Downloads

The Young Glory Blog is 6 months old and by way of a celebration I'm reposting my 5 best...Freebies. Modesty forbids me mentioning my own songs...whoops, I just did!


5) Adoration (Song) - Brenton Brown

Beautiful slow burner worship anthem.


4) Charismatic Worship (Seminar) - Stef Liston

No nonsense advice for strengthening the manifestations of the spirit in our gatherings. (Audio & Video).


3) Band On The Run (Seminar) - Bob Kauflin

The best (by far) resource on doing band arrangements and doing them quickly. (Audio & video).


2) Thru-You (7 track EP) - Kutiman

(Especially 'Babylon Band', 'The Mother Of All Funk Chords' and 'I'm New'). Kutiman took around a hundred clips from YouTube, edited, pitch shifted & time stretched them, creating 7 brand new fresh and funky songs. A work of staggering creativity that proves all bets are off in web 2.0.


1) The Universe Is Flat (Album) - Chris Spring

One of my favourite albums of last year and totally free. Hints of every classic songwriter from the last 30 years, but in the end a true original. Coldplay wish they could write songs like this.


If you haven't downloaded this stuff, get to it NOW!

(Found any other great free downloads? - leave a comment!)

Understanding & Handling Spiritual Gifts

Last Sunday I had the privilege of preaching from 1 Corinthians 14 at my home church on understanding and handling spiritual gifts.

My focus was on what spiritual gifts are for, how they should operate in a public meeting and clearing up some particular misconceptions around prophecy and tongues such as -

The fear of uninterpreted tongues
Is Paul forbidding the whole church singing or praying out in tongues?
How do you know your prophecy is from God?
Should we speak in tongues if unbelievers are present?


You can download the free mp3 from the Grace Church 'Church and the City' page

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The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Three Sermons

Well you wait all year for a sermon on Spiritual Gifts and then three come along at once. 

All three come at the subject from a different angle. I'll try to post more about the content soon, but for now here are the links...

Adrian Warnock The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12)

Stef Liston: Charismatic Worship (1 Corinthian 14:26) 

Stef Liston: Q&A

Matt Blick: Understanding & Handling Spiritual Gifts (1 Corinthians 14)

Spiritual Disciplines Audio Book

ChristianAudio.Com are giving away the audio book Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney for free during March.

I've been listening to it on the way to work and enjoying it.

Between Two Worlds: Free Audio: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

John, John & John

When I first started reading my first few John Piper books (I'm up to around 25 now) I was completely blown away by his ability to get so much out of one verse. So much so, that I asked the leader of the theological course I was doing if this Piper guy was really 'kosher' - I couldn't believe that there was so much that I was missing.

Well I've decide to track with with the people at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minnesota as he preaches through John's gospel for the next 30 years or so (slight exaggeration). In a sermon on John the Baptist John makes a massive point just out of the word 'not'. I kid you...not.

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Worship God08 Seminars - part three

Here's a list of the seminars available FREE from the Sovereign Grace website from their WorshipGod08 conference.

Tech Team

Running an Effective and Peaceful Sunday Morning Rehearsal (Dave Wilcox and Ken Boer)
"Sunday Morning Rehearsal" = 'soundcheck'. This is a great seminar not just for PA guys but worship leaders and musicians too.

A Gospel-Centered Approach to Creative Media (Don Nalle and Dave Wilcox)
Caring for Your Sound System (Darryl Wenger)
In-Ear Monitors (Doug Gould)
Leading and Caring for Your Tech Team (Dave Wilcox)
Recording Your Song from Start to Finish, Part 1& 2 (Sal Oliveri)

Misc

Worship Team Checkup (Matt Mason)
Copyright Law and Church Music: The Eight Keys (Paul Herman)
Growing Your Team for the Glory of God (Jon Payne)
Maintaining Priorities in and around the Worship Team (Julie Kauflin)
Aimed at women who are either in the worship team or married to someone who is.

Pastors and Artist Musicians Working Together (Andy Farmer)
Training the Next Generation of Musicians (Ben & Nancy Chouinard)
This seminar is really about starting up a music school, so not really relevant to most people!

Gordon Wenham on Psalms

Here's two good lectures from Gordon Wenham - very informative, if you can get past the somewhat dry delivery. Click on the links and scroll down till you find  

Reading The Psalms Messianically 

and 

Praying the Psalms