#5 Jonathan Landry Cruse: Defining Worship, Modern Hymnwriting, and the Regulative Principal

The Reverend Jonathan Landry Cruse is pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and a prolific author. He has written for The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, The Gospel Coalition, and TableTalk magazine, and he is author of the new worship collection Hymns of Devotion, and the books The Christian’s True Identity: What It Means to Be in Christ and What Happens When We Worship. Dr. Tavis Bohlinger (⁠⁠⁠⁠@tavisbohlinger⁠⁠⁠⁠) is the host/producer of The Modern Puritan Podcast, and Director of Media at ⁠⁠Reformation Heritage Books⁠⁠ in Grand Rapids, MI. He was associate producer and cinematographer for the feature-length documentary, “⁠⁠Revival: The Work of God⁠⁠,” and he has earned accolades for his ⁠⁠documentary photography⁠⁠ work on autism. Tavis is a Navy veteran, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and he holds an MDiv from The Masters Seminary and both a Masters and PhD from Durham University in Biblical Studies. The Modern Puritan podcast is a production of Reformation Heritage Books, the premier publisher of Puritan, Reformed, experiential Christian literature worldwide. Visit ⁠heritagebooks.org⁠ for more information about our ministry and to browse our extensive catalogue of exceptional resources for every Christian, young and old. *We are honored to part of the ⁠⁠Confessional Podcast Network⁠⁠, an online directory of trustworthy, confessional/Reformed podcasts.