Comments on: Book Update

By: bjansen

bjansen — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:17:50 +0000

praying for you mr. kauflin. thanks so much for the way you serve. also, thank you so much for not only being a worship leader, but a lead worshipper.

By: Allan S.

Allan S. — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:26:56 +0000

Ah yes brother, truly, “My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.”

Selah!

Allan Sherer

By: Keith McMinn

Keith McMinn — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:01:04 +0000

Bob,

Your ministry has had and is still having a profound effect on me personally and as a minister of the Gospel. Everyday I check the blog in hopes that there is a new article there waiting to be read. I pray for you when God brings you and SGM to mind. Oh what a sweet gift of grace your ministry is to the body of Christ.

Keith McMinn

By: Craig Sterling

Craig Sterling — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:45:14 +0000

Bob,

God has truly blessed me through your music ministry and leadership. I am so thankful that you have C.J. to guide you and a humble spirit to rewrite the book.

As you narrow the audience of the book, may God give you wisdom and clarity to encourage church leaders in worshipping God.

Craig

By: Paul Hayes

Paul Hayes — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:55:14 +0000

Bob,
This is a book I am eagerly waiting to read. It will be worth the wait. Don’t stress on the timelines. He makes all things beautiful in His time! Paul

By: matt blick

matt blick — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:55:01 +0000

All things work together for good to those that love the Lord, Bob. Keep going - I’m sure that this pruning will make you & your book more fruitful. And Praise God for faithful friends.

I just wanted to drop you a note of encouragement. We had a new song training session with our worship team last week. We did 3 songs from our own stream (newfrontiers) plus ‘grace unmeasured’. Your song had the most positive reaction of all the songs and people we especially appreciative of the way I outlined the theology behind the songs (I got the idea from the worshipGod 2006 seminar!). One of our guitarists said “that’s the kind of song I could still see us singing in 20 years time”. I think he’s right. I’ll try let you know how it goes when we teach it to the congregation.

As well as just saying thanks for serving the body of Christ with your songwriting & teaching gift I wanted to say thank you for making it available as a free download. The reality is that I probably never would have come across the song otherwise. I love Sovereign Grace songs but like most artists I’ll listen in fits & starts, buy a few albums, then miss a few. The free download has made me want to get the album (& maybe a couple of others)

Lastly a suggestion that ties in with that. I notice looking around the various comments on blogs, people mentioning particular seminars or songs that have blessed them. If when you post a new song you put a mini-blog saying ‘here’s a new song’ people would leave their thanks/feedback there and it would all be gathered in one place rather then randomly spread all over your blog (like this!) and others might see ‘wow, this song is blessing a lot of people, maybe I ought to check it out!’ - maybe you could even put a little “this is why I wrote the song” type thing on there?

God Bless You
Matt Blick

ps love the 2006 seminars especially Bruce Ware, Randy Alcorn and yours on Pastoral Care & ‘band on the run’

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:40:15 +0000

As a leader of corporate worship myself, I must say that I am even more excited about seeing the final product.

We can wait a little longer. Keep up the beautiful work, brother.

Kyle

By: westlakeal

westlakeal — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:46:54 +0000

Bob - be encouraged. You have so much to say to worship leaders and pastors in this area. Thank you for being willing to work for the best book that this can be. God bless you. Alan

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:43:36 +0000

Wow. It must be tough to do so much editing and re-vamping. But even though it takes a lot of humility and a certain amount of “ruthlessness” to cut some and add some, I’m sure the book will be even better and more helpful when it specifically appeals to a particular audience. I was looking forward to seeing your book out soon, but it will be worth the extra wait to see your improvements in the “second edition”!

By: Matthew Westerholm

Matthew Westerholm — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:49:07 +0000

Take your time, Bob.

It feels ironic to me that, at one point, you were receiving some counsel to spend your writing time on “more book, less blog”.

Apparently, the Lord has redeemed the time you’ve spent writing this little blog.

Blessings,