Timestamps to Know

·  00:27 – Intro

·  04:15 – How Bob Kauflin Was Introduced to Messiah

·  07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures in Messiah

·  15:00 – John Newton and Handel’s Messiah

·  18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicating the Gospel

·  26:02 – Leaders Should Bring Explanation

·  30:04 – Un-Training Musicians Out of a ‘Performance’ Mind-set

·  38:02 – Counsel for Those in the Arts as Their Vocation

·  43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish Messiah Today

·  46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gifts that Need to Be Dialed Back

·  53:00 – How Can We Magnify Christ in Our Focus?

·  57:16 – Sovereign Grace’s Advent Season

·  1:00:35 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

· “Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel” – Ben Purves

·  “Handel’s Messiah: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise” – Bob Kauflin

·  GLAD Acapella Full Album

· “The Handel Commemoration 1784” – Jenny Ruthven

· “The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual” – William Weber

· The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database

· “Newton Script to Interweave with Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah”

·  “Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah” – Robert Manson Myers

·  Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast

·  Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah

·  Give to Support the Work of COA

Books to Read

·  The Works of John Newton – John Newton

·  Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790 – Daniel O’Quinn

·  Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God – Bob Kauflin

·  True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God  – Bob Kauflin

·  The Poems of William Cowper – William Cowper

·  Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People – Calvin R. Stapert

·  The Cross and Christian Ministry – D.A. Carson