tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post3334797270343165245..comments2023-04-01T07:30:09.615-05:00Comments on Lyrical Theology: Understanding and Delight Part 1shaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473670001721138419noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-38631257181779354792008-05-04T19:28:00.000-05:002008-05-04T19:28:00.000-05:00Well Shai its May where it part 2 at...Can't leave...Well Shai its May where it part 2 at...<BR/><BR/>Can't leave your blog readers hanging like that. I hope to see Understanding & Delight Pt. 2 up shortly.<BR/><BR/>Pray all is well.<BR/><BR/>Grace & Peace...9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-1300484749639585192008-03-23T13:40:00.000-05:002008-03-23T13:40:00.000-05:00Shai, I have a friend who used to play the piano i...Shai, <BR/><BR/>I have a friend who used to play the piano in the lobby of the 4 seasons here in Chicago. He was a self-trained but highly gifted pianist who would memorize extensive amounts of music. Most of the stuff he would play in the lobby people would appreciate but not really understand. One day he was playing and Robert Plant came in and sat down nearby. My friend slowly started introducing riffs from various popular and obscure Led Zepplin music into the freeform jazz he was playing. Evidently RP got a real kick out of it as well. Familiarity with things brings a much deeper enjoyment -- especially when we are able to apply them in new and unfamiliar contexts. <BR/><BR/>Mark Knoll (a renowned church historian) once said that if you consider the greatest artists of church history -- they almost always have a deep appreciation and understanding of the sacraments. This understanding and appreciation on the part of the artist not only creates greater delight on the part of the artist, but obviously we as God's people benefit tremendously from them passing this on. <BR/><BR/>My kids have benefited greatly from your time spent understanding and delighting in the doctrines of grace. <BR/><BR/>SDG. Joel.Joel Hamernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400640434055859385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-24022065216798858392008-03-17T12:28:00.000-05:002008-03-17T12:28:00.000-05:00Excellent post and so true. My understanding and ...Excellent post and so true. My understanding and delight in Christ increased dramatically when I began to really study the truths of scripture and read some of the puritan authors and books you've mentioned on your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-73190349752145613972008-02-06T11:30:00.000-05:002008-02-06T11:30:00.000-05:00hey shai, I am feeling where this blog is going an...hey shai, I am feeling where this blog is going and I am looking forward to part 2. My parents were born and raised in Haiti, and migrated to the US before they were married. Our family has been going to this immigrant church for as long as I can remember. We find that we are losing the American born generation once they come of age. From what I have been able to gather, the tension between the Haitian Culture and American culture is being driving by our inability to understand each other. So the elders don't support praise dancers, or christian hip hop. The youth do not appreciate the hymns sung to Haitian rythms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-38884594394416418392008-01-26T00:55:00.000-05:002008-01-26T00:55:00.000-05:00i'm looking forward to part 2. i'm also looking fo...i'm looking forward to part 2. i'm also looking forward to seeing you at Bethlehem Baptist in February. Would you mind if i taped it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-37104853333922036122008-01-06T13:48:00.000-05:002008-01-06T13:48:00.000-05:00shai, this article has helped to explain to me som...shai, this article has helped to explain to me something that I have talked extensively about to a few friends of mine. My best friend lives in a family of all music majors with full scholarships because of their ability on violin, clarinet, and piano. It has always been an intriguing discussion for his family and I and I cannot wait to see you connect it to being delighted in God and worshipping God. I eagerly await part II.<BR/><BR/>soli Deo gloria,<BR/>andrew travis pantaziAndrew Travis Pantazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769181870331542635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-66832052931860296962008-01-02T12:07:00.000-05:002008-01-02T12:07:00.000-05:00I'm eagerly anticipating part II.I'm eagerly anticipating part II.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490678398839226961.post-59885378301487132122007-12-27T18:09:00.000-05:002007-12-27T18:09:00.000-05:00Please let me be the first to say that I am eagerl...Please let me be the first to say that I am eagerly anticipating part II. Recently, I commented to a brother on some "artistic work" he had recently finished, and now privileged me to sample and review. As I sampled the material, it became quite apparent to me that his work (or rather the work he was drawing from) was simply . . . understood, in its totality by me. The gentleman had composed several pieces of music based upon the GODman. As I pondered the pieces, my heart was (and remains) deeply saddened, for I know of the significance of ALL THINGS DONE WELL by the Risen CHRIST, yet for reasons unknown (likely sin), I am unable to immerse myself in the richness of the LORD . . .<BR/><BR/>It is my hope part II will not only make the connection between understanding and delight, but will further come with intimate application when the concepts posed are shown in the context of the LORD JESUS, the CHRIST. In advance brother, thank you for your labors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com