Augustine turned his massive mind and deep heart to confess to God his years outside of Christ. The value of the resulting work, Confessions, for both him and his readers, was that they might love God more. It’s not an easy project, but looking back strengthened his attachment to Christ.
First, Mikey discusses general principles with Greg about congregational songwriting, personal songwriting and the place of art and beauty in the Christian life. Second, Greg breaks down the composition and recording of one song—‘The Same God’—in detail.
We believe that every expression of Christianity is necessarily and rightly contextualised, to some degree, to particular human culture; there is no such thing as a universal ahistorical expression of Christianity. But we never want to be so affected by our culture that we compromise gospel truths.
In the case of Jamie, he was searching for acceptance and meaning, but unfortunately found himself getting ‘answers’ from toxic, misogynistic online sites, which in turn gave him a very warped view on male–female relationships.
Mikey Lynch brings a couple of new pieces from our website, while I pull out something old, but still very much worth reading.
