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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show Dave talks with David de Bruyn about the state of worship in the Church and what Christians can do about it, along with his new book, Strange Lyre: The Pentecostalization of Evangelical Worship (G3 Press, 2024).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- Concerns about modern day worship from labels like Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation.
- Research on the influence of labels like Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation and why that is concerning about the state of biblical worship in the Church.
- What Christians can do about the state of modern worship.
- How Jonathan Edwards Religious Affections can help us to speak out against modern day worship.
- Why we should be concerned equally about worship and preaching in our churches.
- Why biblical worship helps Christians to deal with their emotions in a God-honoring way.
- How biblical worship helps us to prepare for and face suffering.’
- What pastors can do to make sure the worship music is biblically grounded and shaped and theologically solid in our churches.
- Recommended hymnals individual and churches can use.
About Today’s Guest
David de Bruyn was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he now pastors New Covenant Baptist Church and resides with his wife and three children. He is a graduate of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minnesota and the University of South Africa (D.Th.). David hosts a weekly radio program that is heard throughout much of central South Africa, serves as a frequent conference speaker, and is a lecturer at Shepherds Seminary Africa.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
