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No one ever accomplished the work of Christ by belittling people. Christians can be witnesses to their own faith without telling other people what to believe.

It is true that the Nelson setting is not as popular in LCMS/WELS churches as it is in ELCA churches. Some do use it, however, and I do believe that overall it yet remains the most popular of the settings. Not really either here or there, I suppose; there are other good settings as well.

The only purpose the keytar serves for a serious musician is to allow the keyboard player to engage in stage antics like a guitarist while playing. There are a few serious keyboard players that do integrate them into their show for this reason. On the other hand most keyboard players are...

I believe that most of the reason contemporary services take hold is that the traditional services they supplant have deteriorated due to a lack of proper instruments, musicians, or choral leadership. It is rare for any but the largest churches to be willing to invest in traditional music by...

Any opinions on the recently issued draft statement on human sexuality? News/Releases.asp?a=3824 on the elca site. I'm a noob so I can't post the actual link. I note that the central issue of rostering practicing homosexual people has been deferred to next year. Does the balance of the...

Excellent topic, Doulos. I believe that the ELW is best understood based on its differences in four key areas: Changes in the selection of hymns Changes to the text of hymns Additional settings of the liturgy, including new liturgies Reorganization including the release of new...

Bartolomeo here. Organist, pianist, liturgist, etc.

Music for setting two from the LBW, which is the same as setting two in LW and in LSB, was written by Ron Nelson in the 1970s. Among Lutherans in the United States, this has been the most widely used setting since the 1980s and remains so today. The LBW version of the setting contains...