By the Waters of Babylon with Scott Aniol

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The Redemption and Judgment of Beauty Apr 05, 2021

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Beauty is sourced in God and has been marred by sin, but as redeemed Christians, we have a responsibility to judge whether things are beauty based on the absolute standard of God's transcendent beauty. Listen as Scott Aniol reads the second half of chapter 5 from his book, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World.

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The Guiltless Dies for the Guilty: Satisfaction in Bach's St. Matthew Passion Apr 01, 2021

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J. S. Bach masterfully portrays the satisfaction of God's wrath in the death of his Son through how he musically sets the passion narrative from St. Matthew, including other poetry and key chorales. Listen as Scott Aniol explains along with musical examples.

You can (and should!) listen to the whole of Bach's St. Matthew Passion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k4Ph-H5ZO4

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God Speaks, We Respond Mar 31, 2021

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Commune with God is a conversation, a dialogue. Posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/god-speaks-we-respond.

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The Source and Marring of Beauty Mar 29, 2021

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Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? In order to answer that question biblically, we first need to determine the source of beauty and recognize the fact that beauty was marred by sin. Scott Aniol addresses this topic in the first half of chapter 5 in his book, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World.

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This Is My Father's World Mar 26, 2021

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A brief reflection on "This Is My Father's World" by Maltbie Babcock, set to TERRA BEATA.

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Dialogue with God Mar 24, 2021

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Jesus’s conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 explains the nature of all-satisfying communion with God. Posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/dialogue-with-god.

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Evaluating Musical Communication Mar 22, 2021

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An application of principles about musical communication to the Christian's musical choices in life and in corporate worship. A reading of the second half of chapter 4 from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World by Scott Aniol.

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Understanding and Resisting the Secular Religion of our Day Mar 11, 2021

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How Christian values waned in the West, Scripture as the foundation of human reason, the rise of the religion of secularism, and Christianity’s failure to resist.

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Living Water Mar 10, 2021

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Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4 is text that helps us to see that worship is communion with God. Audio version of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/living-water.

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How Should We Evaluate Musical Communication Mar 08, 2021

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Audio of the first half of chapter 4 from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Scott Aniol addresses the issue of musical meaning and urges Christians to ask careful questions about what their music communicates.

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