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Written by theomusicologistNovember 24, 2014November 25, 2014

A personal introduction to jazz for Seventh-Day Adventists (and other Christians)

For those of you that clicked the link on the ADM Productions jazz page, thank you so much for coming through to this blog – your desire to understand where I am coming from is not taken for granted in any way. For those of you who found this post by some other route – […]

Written by theomusicologistJuly 9, 2014July 9, 2014

Part 2: A devastating conclusion for contemporary music ministry in UK Adventism

In response to what has now become Part 1 on this subject, I was asked some searching questions by a friend, ministry colleague and brother in Christ. They were worthy of a serious response, so please see the dialogue below as follows. Q: Are you aware of a time within UK Adventism, when the depth […]

Written by theomusicologistJuly 8, 2014July 9, 2014

Part 1: A devastating conclusion for contemporary music ministry in UK Adventism

When the author of Ecclesiastes talked about the fact that much knowledge brings much grief (1:18), he was not talking about mere information (or data). He was talking about knowledge in the truest sense of the word – that of actual understanding. The word ‘knowledge’ has become weak and underpowered. That’s why I have made […]

Written by theomusicologistJanuary 5, 2013February 18, 2013

A response to Christian Berdahl; #1 – Syncopation (Part One)

So, Theomusicologist, you want us to talk about Christian Berdahl. Who exactly is he? Click here. Why are you ‘responding’ to him? Because we come from the same church, share a commitment to both music and ministry, and yet the current evidence suggests that  it is impossible that we could ever be partners in ministry. […]

Written by theomusicologistFebruary 8, 2012February 8, 2012

Capello, compromise, captaincy – the implications beyond sport

Well, this is the first time we’ve tackled sporting controversy here at the theomusicology blog – but there is a first time for everything. To those of you who do not follow football (or soccer if that’s more familiar), I hope you can still get something from this. While there are many people who could […]

Written by theomusicologistSeptember 19, 2011September 19, 2011

Would your defense stand up in court?

There is an old saying/question-type-vibe in the Christian world – and my version of it (today) goes thus: “If legislation was passed within two minutes from the end of this question that I am now asking that made Christianity illegal, and withing three minutes of that law being passed the secret police were letting themselves […]

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