Andrew Pery

Veteran worship leader, theologian and engineer

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@everett_lunday @ronhenzel

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@YourCalvinist We sang it in the Nazarene Church when I was a kid and I loved it then. However, some of the lyrics seem to place God as a general directing troops (us) who do the actual fighting. But it was Jesus who did the fighting and won the victory. We stand in His triumph, not our own.

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@BIG_SGT_D What a testimony brother!! God bless you and yours.

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@lsanger I’m going to keep it in the church and say modern worship music. One day people will look back and realise just how dangerous it has been. How powerful it is in shaping ecclesiastic philosophy and the hearts and minds of the congregation.

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@WretchedNetwork What a glorious truth!!

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@megbasham @ZackPolanski Polanski is one of the worst grifters and crazy ideologues infesting British politics at the moment. At least he’s in common company…

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@RockWallBibles That’s dedication to your craft in the face of extreme danger. God speed on healing from your tragic “accident”…

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@Literal_Word Excellent! Brilliant little app. As a software engineer, I appreciate the slick UI. As a Christian I appreciate the version selection and Greek.

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@MichelleDLesley I’ve made a video on a (really) deep dive into Holy Forever and Chris Tomlin’s theology, if you’re interested. It’s a really bad song!!

Forensic Audit: The Hidden Problem with Chris Tomlin's Holy Forever
https://t.co/oCaLBsiVe3

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@Jason2bartlett But where's the tjops and wors, boet?

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@BibChr @YouTube Exactly! We might think the YouTube algorithm is super clever and whatnot. But it's just like an autistic cat high on catnip.

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It's possible (but difficult!) to mathematically measure all of these.

I've built an algorithm that does exactly this. Reach out if you want more info.

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Problem:
objectively analysing worship music - everyone has an opinion, but that's subjective.

Solution:
Take it back to first principles:
- What are the words doing to you and are they true?
- What is the music doing to you?
- Where does the money go?

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@MichelleDLesley There should be nothing controversial about this. Songs teach theology, thus the music leader is a teaching position. Thus, it should be limited to men only. I’ve led worship for decades but can’t sing well. I lead but my wife is the main vocalist. That’s it.

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@Jason2bartlett Where is everyone??

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@Joshua_M_Hump Sounds like addiction to me 🤣

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@InThePines1999 @Jason2bartlett @visegrad24 The Labour Party have a large majority and so Starmer simply orders them to vote for him. It’s happened already.

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@Phil_Johnson_ That’s a great article. Clearly he was a dearly beloved brother.

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Most pastors and elders are simply too busy to adequately vet the music their flocks sing every Sunday. They either let some bad ones through, or they lock it down to the old hymns.

It doesn't have to be that way. I have just completely solved this problem.