William Chong

If you like listening to sermon recordings on your iPod/car stereo but invariably find yourself drowsy after the first few minutes, then this might be for you….

Mixing together slick and polished hip-hop, techno and ambient sounds to some of the top pastors in the Reformed tradition, 10:31 Sermon Jams (myspace; website) is the brainchild of Minnesota, US Christian artists Bryan Guenther and Caleb Hoisington. In their own words:

This ministry is based on 1 Corinthians 10:31, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” Our main focus is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and to make His name famous. Our goal is to take biblically saturated sermons and turn them into mini clips for edification for the household of faith and tracts to unbelievers.

I think the massively bass-thumpy “War” one (John Piper) is the most hilarious, yet surprisingly engaging to listen to. That synth ostinato on the top really gets the tension going…

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In other news, practised at my first worship band practice recently, and had to focus a bit to get to grips with the various songs. The team I’m in for Sunday is reasonably polished and it’s a special Boys Brigade service at HBC, which means playing a very march-like hymn on the violin!