By the Waters of Babylon with Scott Aniol

Every member should be actively involved in corporate worship, for the glory of God, to the benefit of our own individual fellowship with God, and for the building up of the entire body. Posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/the-work-of-ministry . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

The worship that takes place in God’s temple is not reserved for ordained clergy who worship on behalf of the congregation as mediators between them and God. All believers are priests who have full access to the presence of God and who offer spiritual sacrifices to him. Listen as Scott Aniol explains in a reading of a post at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/the-priesth...

How should we think about Sunday morning? Listen as Scott Aniol reads the first part of chapter 6 from his book, Sound Worship, and addresses the issue of the purpose of corporate worship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

A brief reflection on "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" by Charles Wesley, set to ABERYSTWYTH. You can download this hymn at https://religiousaffections.org/hymns/jesus-lover-of-my-soul . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

How should the dialogical nature of worship impact what we do in corporate gatherings? Listen as Scott Aniol explains. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

Beauty is sourced in God and has been marred by sin, but as redeemed Christians, we have a responsibility to judge whether things are beauty based on the absolute standard of God's transcendent beauty. Listen as Scott Aniol reads the second half of chapter 5 from his book, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...

J. S. Bach masterfully portrays the satisfaction of God's wrath in the death of his Son through how he musically sets the passion narrative from St. Matthew, including other poetry and key chorales. Listen as Scott Aniol explains along with musical examples. You can (and should!) listen to the whole of Bach's St. Matthew Passion here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k4Ph-H5ZO4 --- Support this p...

Commune with God is a conversation, a dialogue. Posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/god-speaks-we-respond . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? In order to answer that question biblically, we first need to determine the source of beauty and recognize the fact that beauty was marred by sin. Scott Aniol addresses this topic in the first half of chapter 5 in his book, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott...

A brief reflection on "This Is My Father's World" by Maltbie Babcock, set to TERRA BEATA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

Jesus’s conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 explains the nature of all-satisfying communion with God. Posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/dialogue-with-god . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

An application of principles about musical communication to the Christian's musical choices in life and in corporate worship. A reading of the second half of chapter 4 from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World by Scott Aniol. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

How Christian values waned in the West, Scripture as the foundation of human reason, the rise of the religion of secularism, and Christianity’s failure to resist. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4 is text that helps us to see that worship is communion with God. Audio version of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/living-water . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

Audio of the first half of chapter 4 from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Scott Aniol addresses the issue of musical meaning and urges Christians to ask careful questions about what their music communicates. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

brief reflection on "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" by Walter Chalmers Smith. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

The audio version of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/covenant-renewal-in-corporate-worship . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

An excerpt from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World, Chapter 3: Why Do We Sing in Church? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

Are we supposed to complete Christ's mission? What did Jesus mean when we said, "As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you"? Are we supposed to redeem culture? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

A reading of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/brought-near-by-the-blood-of-christ . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

An excerpt from Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World by Scott Aniol. Chapter 2: "Is the Bible Enough?" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

A brief reflection on "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" by William Cowper. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

A reading of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/the-church-gods-temple . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★

A new segment on the By the Waters of Babylon Podcast: Remembering Zion, resources for setting our minds on things above. In this episode, Scott reads the introduction and chapter 1 of his book, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World. Chapter 1 is titled, "Does Music Matter?" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support t...

What are we really doing when we gather for corporate worship each week? The church as God’s temple. What Happens When We Worship? by Jonathan Landry Cruse. Corporate worship as covenant renewal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★