KC Podcast – Episode 105: The Future of the CREC
2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC). Rick sits down with Pastor Virgil Hurt, Presiding Minister of Council for the CREC to talk about the opportunities and challenges facing the CREC in the future.
KC, Ep. 86 with Dr. Scott Aniol on Church Music
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Scott Aniol, PhD, is an author, speaker, and teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy. He is Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Worship Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he founded Religious Affections Ministries, he lectures around the country in churches, conferences, colleges, and seminaries, and he has authored several books and dozens of articles. Scott is the Editor of Artistic Theologian, a scholarly journal of worship and church ministry, and serves as chair of the Biblical Worship Section of the Evangelical Theological Society. He also serves as an elder at his church in Fort Worth, TX.
Scott holds a masters degree in Theological Studies (SWBTS), a masters degree in Aesthetics (NIU), and a PhD in Worship Ministry (SWBTS).
Resources: Dr. Aniol’s Talk at the Psalm Tap mentioned in the interview
Episode 32, Music in the Church with Jarrod Richey, KC Podcast
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On this episode, Pastor Brito interviews Mr. Jarrod Richey. Jarrod is a gifted musician and thinker. He directs the Jubilate Deo Music Camp (Rejoice in the Lord) every summer in Munroe, LA. The camp provides an opportunity to saturate students in the wonder of God in music, but it also adds art and dancing to their experience. Students from 4th-12th grade spend a wonderful week learning about a particular theme in the Scriptures culminating in a concert on the last Sunday on the theme which they have immersed all week.
Jarrod Richey is an avid apologist for church music. In this interview, he discusses the reason music has taken such a secondary role in the life of the church. “Individualism in worship has hurt the cause of music. Music in history was something you did for others, but after the Enlightenment, music has become about how I feel,” he observes. Richey further notes, “You can’t miss the imperative to sing joyfully…the historical understanding of singing is that the Triune God sings first and we follow.”
This is an important episode. Please listen and share.
Episode 5B: Second Interview with Thomas Purifoy on his Documentary: “Is Genesis History
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Thomas Purifoy, writer, director, and producer of the recent feature film, “Is Genesis History?” discusses the current state of the Bible and creation debate with Kuyperian contributor Luke Welch. We discuss the difference in asking the question from a science framework, and from a historical framework. Purifoy answers questions about why the way you read the Bible about this matters, and about what directions the current church is headed. The interview is full of historical and scientific highlights.
