• These Are the Days of Elijah

    Back in the late 1990’s I was in a Canadian Bible College choral group that was touring churches in Canada. After one such service one of the choir members asked me if I knew what Robin Mark’s song “Days of Elijah” meant when it referred to the present as the “days of Elijah” and the

  • Is Songwriting a Spiritual Gift?

    I have found a few clues in Scripture that at least some songwriting is connected to at least one of the spiritual gifts mentioned in the New Testament.

  • A New Song to the Lord

    In Exodus 15:20 Miriam, Moses’ sister, is described as a “prophetess” as she leads the women in singing a new song composed earlier in the chapter. We are not told that she composed the song, but it is interesting to see the term “prophetess” used in the context of sung praises to God. In no other