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Sound Plus Doctrine — 135 episodes

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Hard Conversations With Yourself

2

Hard Conversations With Your Church Members

3

Planning, Spontaneity, and Authenticity

4

Minimizing God’s Presence

5

Manufacturing and Marketing God’s Presence

6

Leading Your Church Through Change

7

Worshipping a Big God in a Small Church

8

Checklist for Writing Worship Songs

9

Hard Conversations With Your Musicians

10

Hard Conversations With Your Pastor

11

What If I Struggle When I’m Not Leading?

12

When Music Ministry Becomes a Monster

13

Why Don’t We Sing This Song?

14

An Interview with Sol Fenne from His Estate

15

Why Are You Downcast, O My Soul? – A Testimony

16

What’s the Place of Special Music on Sunday Mornings?

17

Should Our Sunday Songs Sound Like the Recordings?

18

Himnos: A New Spanish Album!

19

Is it Okay for Church Musicians to Play in Secular Bands?

20

Should We Sing More Simple Songs?

21

Should I Show My Emotions When I Lead?

22

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: An Interview with McKenzie Fuller

23

How Do You Handle Multiple Worship Leaders?

24

How Do You Audition Members For Your Team?

25

Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of Prepare Him Room

26

Unpacking the Excuses Musicians Give

27

Help! My Church’s Song Diet Needs to Change!

28

What’s the Connection Between Worship and Mission?

29

How Do I Know if I Should Be Writing Songs?

30

Where Do Sovereign Grace Songs Come From?

31

Variety, Versatility, and Valuing Live Music: An Interview with Josh Scott, Part 2

32

Curiosity, Guitars, and God: An Interview with Josh Scott, Part 1

33

Q&A: Worship Team Standards, Auto-Tuned Vocals, Teaching New Songs

34

The Problem With Repetition In The Songs We Sing

35

Interview with Colin Buchanan, Part 2

36

Interview with Colin Buchanan, Part 1

37

How Should We Think About Lyric Projection on Sundays?

38

Are You an Anxious Leader?

39

Interview with Jonathan Lane (Integrity Music), Part 2: Questions for Creatives

40

Interview with Jonathan Lane (Integrity Music), Part 1: Questions from Churches

41

The Paradox of the Worship Selfie

42

Musicians Are Part of the Congregation Too

43

Gender, The Gospel, and Our Gatherings [Part 2]

44

Gender, The Gospel, and Our Gatherings [Part 1]

45

How Do Musicians and the Sound Team Work Together?

46

Q&A: Questionable Songs, Receiving Compliments, Asking for Mercy, and Rehearsals

47

How Covid Affected Our Church’s Worship

48

How Do You Evaluate Your Sunday Gathering?

49

Finding God Faithful in Unexpected Trials

50

Idolatry on Sunday Mornings [Part 2]

51

Idolatry on Sunday Mornings [Part 1]

52

How Much Training Do I Need to Lead Congregational Worship?

53

Live Recording: Planning the Sunday Service for Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville

54

What is a Woman’s Role in Leading Worship in Song?

55

Unchanging God

56

How Should God’s Word Function In Our Sunday Gatherings?

57

How Can We Share Musical Opinions Humbly?

58

Backing Tracks – Blessing or Curse? Or Something in Between?

59

The Gospel’s Effect on Life and Songs – An Interview with Caroline Cobb [Part 3]

60

Should We Sing Songs from Questionable Sources?

61

Navigating Motherhood and Artistry – An Interview with Caroline Cobb [Part 2]

62

Family Worship

63

Biblical Imagination and Being a Faithful Steward – An Interview with Caroline Cobb [Part 1]

64

How Should We Think About Lighting On Sunday Mornings?

65

What Do You Do When You Have Problems With the Songs You’re Singing on Sundays?

66

How Should We Think About Technology in Our Sunday Gatherings?

67

What is the Role of the Senior Pastor?

68

How Do I Lead Songs For A Youth Group?

69

Behind the Song: All of Our Tomorrows

70

Physical Expressiveness Part 3: How Can My Church Grow?

71

Physical Expressiveness Part 2: What the Bible Says

72

Physical Expressiveness Part 1: Ten Problems With It

73

What Songs Should We Sing at Christmas?

74

Open the Eyes of My Face, Lord

75

Arranging Your Band on Sunday Mornings with Ben Shive [Part 2]

76

Arranging Your Band on Sunday Mornings with Ben Shive [Part 1]

77

The Seven Biggest Mistakes You Can Make as A Worship Leader [Part 2]

78

The Seven Biggest Mistakes You Can Make as A Worship Leader [Part 1]

79

How Do I Lead a Bi-Lingual Service?

80

How Do We Use Orchestral Instruments on Sunday Morning?

81

Why Isn’t My Congregation Singing?

82

Why God Doesn’t Need Our Worship

83

The Worship Leader and His Family [Part 2]

84

Q&A: How Old Is Too Old for the Worship Team?

85

Q&A: Vocal Arranging for Sunday Mornings

86

How To Be A Good Team Member

87

The Worship Leader and His Family [Part 1]

88

Q&A: Liturgical Categories, Retiring Songs, and Maximizing Rehearsals

89

Responding to the Sermon With a Song

90

Why the WorshipGod Conference?

91

How Long Should Your Band Rehearse?

92

Why Sound Plus Doctrine?

93

Writing Songs for Heaven Has Come with Lacy Hudson

94

Using Your Creative Gifts with Faith: An interview with Julie Kauflin [Part 2]

95

Encouragement for the Worship Pastor’s Wife: An interview with Julie Kauflin [Part 1]

96

On Songwriting with Lacy Hudson

97

The Drummer’s Role on Sundays [Part 2]

98

The Drummer’s Role on Sundays [Part 1]

99

Busyness and Burnout [Part 2]

100

Busyness and Burnout [Part 1]

101

Values of Corporate Worship: Church Aware and Prioritized [Part 5 of 5]

102

Values of Corporate Worship: Spirit Enabled and Empowered [Part 4 of 5]

103

Values of Corporate Worship: Christ Centered and Gospel Driven [Part 3 of 5]

104

Values of Corporate Worship: Scripture Governed and Fueled [Part 2 of 5]

105

Values of Corporate Worship: God Initiated and Exalting [Part 1 of 5]

106

Should Churches Have Unbelievers on Their Music Teams?

107

Should Churches Pay Their Musicians?

108

When Your Musicians Could Be Better [Part 2]

109

Raising Up Future Leaders

110

An Introduction to Lament

111

Spirit-Filled Worship Leading

112

On Songwriting with Matthew Boswell

113

What Kind of Songs Should the Church Sing?

114

When Your Musicians Could Be Better [Part 1]

115

On Songwriting with Nathan Stiff

116

The Pastor-Worship Leader Relationship [Part 2]

117

The Pastor-Worship Leader Relationship [Part 1]

118

The Role of Instrumentalists on Sundays

119

Writing Songs for Kids

120

On Songwriting and Co-writing with Jon Althoff

121

God Encounters: How Should We Think About Experiencing God?

122

Planning Sundays

123

End of the Year Planning

124

Shepherding Souls Through Song [Part 5]

125

Shepherding Souls Through Song [Part 4]

126

Shepherding Souls Through Song [Part 3]

127

Shepherding Souls Through Song [Part 2]

128

Shepherding Souls Through Song [Part 1]

129

Heaven Has Come

130

Passing the Baton

131

Music is Great. Jesus is Greater. [Part 3]

132

Music is Great. Jesus is Greater. [Part 2]

133

Music is Great. Jesus is Greater. [Part 1]

134

Singing in a Pandemic

135

The History of Sovereign Grace Music