• More on Bach's Mass in B Minor

    I just posted recently about Bach’s Mass in B Minor (BWV 232), but I had to post again after discovering my favorite recording of this work on YouTube! Here is a recording by the Taverner Consort and Players directed by Andrew Parrott in which  historically informed performance (HIP) practices are used. The alto parts are…

  • Bach Mass in B Minor

    Mass in B minor (Messe in h-Moll) BWV 232 Bach composed this work in Leipzig, 1747-1749; It was mostly assembled from previous materials from 1724 onward. Netherlands Bach Society – Jos van Veldhoven, conductor Hana Blažíková, soprano 1 Anna Reinhold, soprano 2 David Erler, alto Thomas Hobbs, tenor Peter Harvey, bass This performance was recorded…

  • Silent Holocaust

    Since 1973 when the US Supreme Court legalized abortion, in the Roe v. Wade case, there have been over 63 million children murdered in cold blood by their mothers! Think of what these children could have accomplished as doctors, engineers, scientists, musicians, artists, filmmakers, teachers, lawyers, etc. I’m convinced someone from this genocide would have…

  • Calvinism Explained

      I’m a Calvinist. That means I subscribe to the 5 points of Calvinism. The Doctrines of God’s free and sovereign grace are more easily remembered by the acrostic TULIP. These 5 points of Calvinism were not invented by John Calvin. They came from the Synod of Dordt (1618-1619) where leading Reformed thinkers came together…

  • Beautiful song

    This song is so beautiful!!! I was crying like a baby! Towards the end of the video, we see Israel’s ashes released into the ocean in his beloved Hawaii! Amazing. He was a born-again Christian so I look forward to seeing him in Heaven someday! Please pray for his family mourning his loss, including his…

  • Jesus is Lord

     Yasou ya ibn Allah! Jesus is Lord! Shookran Taree2 Yasoo3! Amin! Al Ma7ee! Here is a great song (tarneema) by (Rogé [Roger] Bahu) :Ya Yasou ya ibn Allah I made this video!  

  • Eschatology Considered

    In my eschatology (the study of the End Times), I’m a premillennial dispensationalist. I believe in a return of Christ before the 1,000 year Millennium in which Christ will rule the earth from Jerusalem. I also believe in a pretribulation rapture of the Church, where Christ will meet us, His saints, in the air. We’ll…

  • Some thoughts on America

    One of the things which I admire about President Ronald Reagan was his ability to work with Democrats in Congress, and have true bipartisan cooperation. Democrats and Republicans still had strong disagreements, yet for the common good they found ways to come together to benefit the citizens of our great country. Today we rarely see…

  • Bach's St. John Passion

      J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion (Johannes-Passion) Passion in 2 Parts – BWV 245 Bach composed this work in Leipzig during 1727 for the Good Friday (the Friday before Easter) vesper services. It was written in 1723 during Bach’s first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on April 7,…

  • Worship Music

    How we worship God matters. And part of worship is our music. David sung praises unto the Lord with his psalms. Yes the psalms are meant to be sung!  Have you noticed that so much of what passes for praise music these days is utterly banal,  if not outright blasphemous (viz, Jesus as their boyfriend). …