How Music "Works" in Worship

Bob Kauflin is the director of worship for Sovereign Grace Ministries. He formerly served as a pastor and as a songwriter, speaker, and arranger for the Christian acappella music group GLAD. The following is an interview between of Bob with Tim Smith. Here is the description that Bob gave of this interview on his website www.worshipmatters.com:

This is the third clip from a longer video in which Tim Smith, worship pastor from Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA, asked me various questions related to worship. In this portion, Tim asked me about the relationship between music and worship. In it I talk about some of the factors that have made music such a volatile issue in the church today, and different ways that Christians view music. Just scratching the surface here…If you want to dig deeper, I’d highly recommend you read Harold Best’s Music Through the Eyes of Faith. I read it in the mid-90’s and haven’t found anything as insightful, helpful, and biblically faithful.

A link to the entire interview can be found by clicking here (this version has much better resolution but may require a faster computer to play).



Bob also gives eight messages called Foundations for Worship at the Sovereign Grace Ministry website (which are all free for download). Here are the titles of his eight messages:

1. Worship: What Really Matters
2. Building a Worshiping Community
3. The Worship Leader's Role
4. Why Do We Sing?
5. Leading and Feeding Your Team
6. Heart Attitudes for the Worship Team
7. Worship Leading and the Prophetic Gifts
8. Closing the Gap: Pastors and Worship Leaders

I have not personally listened to these messages yet (but I plan to). What strikes me from listening to his interview is Bob's strong emphasis on applying Scriptural truth to corporate worship...