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I’m headed to the National Worship Leader Conference in Leawood, KS, this week.  If you’re a part of this blog’s readership and you happen to be going, I’d love to connect.  The best way for that to happen is for you to shoot me an email at zac [at] zachicks [dot] com.  Then we can swap info. I plan on attending a few of the songwriting workshops, a few of the music workshops (particularly electric guitar and keyboard), and anything … Read More

I’ve been invited to speak, lead worship, and give a concert alongside Dr. Don Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality at Southern Seminary (Louisville, KY), for the oustanding Waterhouse Lecture Series in Honolulu, HI.  This event is FREE and will be held at OlaNui Church on Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29.  (On Sunday, Dr. Whitney will be preaching and I will lead music over at Waialae Baptist Church…come on down!) If you’re part of my mainland readership and you … Read More

Worship Leader Magazine – January 2012 IssueThe most recent issue of Worship Leader Magazine released their list of the top twenty most influential worship albums of the last twenty years.  Many of the album-mentions include articles of reflection and appreciation written by other worship leaders and songwriters in the mainstream worship music industry.  The list is interesting and worth some analysis.

For this Christmas season, or if you’re thinking ahead to the next, here are some modern worship style Christmas songs.  They’re great historic hymns that we’ve set to new music which carry Advent/Christmas themes.  They aren’t “updated” standard Christmas carols.  They’re old hymns that modern worship has all but forgotten.  But they’re worth reviving, and here they are:    All Ye Gentile Lands Awake lyrics | mp3 | chord chart | lead sheet | video tutorial | about All Ye Gentile Lands Awake by Zac Hicks + Cherry … Read More

Bobby Gilles reminded me of this truth recently: Worship songs should say far more about God’s love for us and far less about our love for God.  Certain strains of modern worship are prone to what some call “triumphalism”…the “I can do it,” “I give it all,” “I will live my whole life for You,” “I’ll love You forever,” “I’m running after You,” etc.  This language is not all bad. 

WITHOUT OUR AID IS HERE!

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Zac Hicks + Cherry Creek Worship(with special guest, Chris Martin)Sunday, September 11, 6pm (5:45 doors)Cherry Creek Presbyterian ChurchFree admissionFree childcare for children 5 and under FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE DENVER AREA: The band and I are releasing our second album, Without Our Aid — a rich and energetic modern worship record of old hymns to new music.  Come ready to listen, sing along and hear some stories about how some songs came into existence.  It will be loud, … Read More

In a recent post, I highlighted the fact that worship discussions throughout church history were based more on theology than pragmatics and how the reverse seems to be true today.  More narrowly, the same can be said of preaching, as well.  One of the hallmarks of the Protestant Reformation was the rediscovery of the preached Word as a means of grace.  A fresh wind of the Holy Spirit inspired new generations of preachers to bring the Word of God to … Read More

I recently attended my denomination’s General Assembly (the gathering of pastors and elders from every church in the country) at Hope Church in Memphis, TN.  For such a little denomination, we are quite diverse in our worship-expression.

What happened on each day of holy week?  Though we can’t know with solid precision, we can get awfully close.  Justin Taylor has put together a nice, clean, harmonized, and biblically-centered approach to making this week meaningful for reflection (so click on each day for a more full account). SundayMatthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-44; John 12:12-15Jesus, at the Mount of Olives, sends two disciples to secure a donkey and a cold; makes his “triumphal entry into Jerusalem; weeps over … Read More