All Dr. J’s Books
The Music and Ministry books
Practical. Inspirational. Scriptural.
Dr. Calvin Johansson’s newest book, Strengthening Music Ministry in the Evangelical Church, offers practical musical helps for worship leaders and directors of music. It also includes a strong theological framework foundational to the choosing of musical materials for worship. BUY NOW
In Music and Ministry: A Biblical Counterpoint
(2nd ed.), Johansson looks to God's Word for principles foundational to music ministry, finding that a heightened concern for musical style and quality is in order for the sake of the gospel. BUY NOW
What is the role of music in the 21st-century church—and what should it be? In Discipling Music Ministry, Johansson examines this and other crucial questions, and offers direction for the function of music ministry in the life of the modern church. BUY NOW
Strengthening Music Ministry in the Evangelical Church
Strengthening Music Ministry in the Evangelical Church
Why be so concerned with the conduct and content of the worship service? Because worship is powerful and of paramount importance in the forming of faith and practice. The Latin axiom Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi
(“As we worship, so we believe, so we live”) points up the fact that worship is formative. It is not an exercise to get through, a thoughtless, unemotional, spiritless ceremonial; it is a corporate, dynamic meeting between God and us, a touching of and connection with the Almighty.