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Waw Consecutive in the Theology of Rihanna

drew — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:17:26 +0000

You’ve heard Rihanna’s song Live Your Life? It sounds an awful lot like she’s using wayehi, a Hebrew waw consecutive. Anyone who’s heard this song now knows how to say “(And) there was” in Hebrew. This word is all over the place in Genesis 1.

“And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was [wayehi] evening and there was [wayehi] morning, the second day” (Genesis 1:8).

Anyways…that’s what I think of when I hear this song…not that I listen to that kind of music…Who’s Rihanna?

Lecrae Interview

drew — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:57:07 +0000

Mark Driscoll interviews “indigenous missionary to the hip hop culture” Lecrae about his background and hip hop music in order to showcase his new album, Rebel. This is a guy I’ve been listening to for a while. It’s great to see he’s getting exposure and getting interested in Reformed theology (surprised to hear that he’s been influenced by Piper?). Amen and amen.

Chakalaka

drew — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:32:41 +0000

Why should Armin and Markus have all the fun? Come on, Wippenberg, hook me up.

Release!

Update: nearly one month later, the track is now released. Today is October 7th!

Phil Wickham’s Free Singalong: Download Now

drew — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:35:44 +0000

You can download Phil Wickham’s latest album Singalong at his web site. The album features 15 songs recorded live and, honestly, creates a really nice chilled, acoustic, worshipful atmosphere…all for the cost of zero dollars. It’s got classics like Nothing But The Blood, Come Thou Fount, How Great Thou Art, I Have Decided To Follow Jesus and It Is Well With My Soul as well as songs I’ve grown to love like Messiah (cf. Phil Wickham – Messiah).

While the album is a free download after signing up for his newsletter (which is well worth it and a small thing to ask in exchange for free music), the files are 128kbps m4a, a format which might not play well on some computers and/or mp3 players. So, I converted the album to mp3 after I downloaded to make it slappable onto my mp3 player. Hopefully this isn’t a problem for anyone.

Thanks, Phil!

CUE Player for Winamp 5.5 and 5.6

Drew — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:38:36 +0000

Thanks to the folks over at the Hydrogenaudio forums for pointing to a version of CUE Player compatible with Winamp 5.5xx and 5.6xx.

Download

CUE Player 0.57c (156kb)

Installation

Unzip and put gen_cue.dll and in_cue.dll in Winamp’s plugin folder under Program Files (C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins). Restart Winamp (close and re-open).

Use

Open a .cue file with Winamp (right-click and “Open with”).

Links of interest

Praise for SEBTS’ Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Drew — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:06:15 +0000

This is going to be one of those entries where I wish I knew more about what I wanted to talk about than I actually do. So, don’t let me give you the impression by posting this that I know more about classical music or Mendelssohn or Elijah. But this I kataphorically do know: praise for SEBTS’ production of Mendelssohn’s Eljiah tonight. The timpani rumbled the pews. The sopranos found all the notes. The little boys in front of me rattled their coloring pencils. Another little kid chanted almost on beat, “Come on, concert. Go faster.” At two hours the frosty chapel did become slightly less homey than my couch, but the demulcent instruments and voices lent their softness to the pew on which I sat. Overall, a delightful experience hearing the narratives of Elijah’s life, ministry and ascension put to such moving music by a full choir and orchestra.

Of course, what would a concert be without a bootleg? I bet Mendelssohn’s never seen a bootleg before. Anyways, praise for Dr. John L. Davis and tonight’s uplifting performance of this masterpiece. I bet you’ve never heard Binkley Chapel like this before:

Phil Wickham – Messiah

Drew — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:42:40 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-gEvG6zijE

Look, the road is narrow and hard to find
With secret battles inside our minds
Who can last
God we need your strength to find
Your light to guide us into the night
You’re our only chanceMessiah, Messiah, Messiah save us

Run, I want to run to your open hand
But father I can barely stand
On my own
Now, like the children of Abraham
We’re reaching out for the promised land
For our home

You are our only hope
You are our only hope