Sometimes a song and text just resonate with a congregation in unique ways. Such has been the case with this new setting of J.Edwin Orr’s text “Search Me, O God.” Although here at Cornerstone Presbyterian we use this song as a lead in to our weekly time of Confession of Sins, it could also be […]
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Codification of Church Music In this Sunday School Lesson on Church music from Cornerstone Presbyterian, we go through a quick overview of liturgical and musical reforms by Ambrose and Gregory, Augustine and Boethius. This includes the parts of the mass and how they were linked to Psalms and Scripture readings as well as the idea
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A version of the following article was published on Christward Collective. “God’s intention was to bless his people through the constant and conscientious observation of the [Sabbath], week after week and year after year. Believers are sanctified through a lifetime of Sabbath observance. In other words, the Sabbath is designed to work slowly, quietly, seemingly
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From Synagogue to Early Church Recently, I had the opportunity of teaching a short Sunday School series here at Cornerstone Presbyterian. The topic was a short history of music in the Church. The goal was to give an overview of how music has historically been used in the Church but more importantly to lay a
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