By the Waters of Babylon with Scott Aniol
251 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsJoin Scott Aniol on By the Waters of Babylon as he delves into biblical principles, historical insights, and valuable resources to help Christians navigate and live faithfully in a post-Christian culture. Each episode provides thoughtful discussions aimed at equipping believers to stand firm in their faith and engage meaningfully with the world around them. Subscribe now to gain wisdom and encouragement for living a Christ-centered life in today’s society. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support
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By the Waters of Babylon
September 08, 2021 11:44 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBWhy "By the Waters of Babylon"? Does Psalm 137 really have any relevance for Christians today? Listen as Scott Aniol reads his essay posted at https://g3min.org/by-the-waters-of-babylon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
God's Two Kingdoms
September 07, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBHow should Christians respond to the culture around them? Adam’s failure to be the perfect king/priest and Christ’s success. God’s two kingdoms in this present age. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
An Important Announcement
September 01, 2021 14:11 - 3 minutes - 3.41 MBScott Aniol makes an important announcement about his new position at G3 Ministries. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
God's Universal Natural Revelation
August 25, 2021 13:00 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MBA reading of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/news-reviews/gods-natural-revelation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
God has revealed himself
August 18, 2021 12:10 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MBA reading of an essay posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-theology/god-has-revealed-himself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Living as Exiles
August 17, 2021 19:02 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBChristians as exiles in a pagan world, why do we assume new is best?, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns by T. David Gordon, characteristics of our pagan world, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the other Six Days, too)
June 18, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 5.64 MBHear Scott Aniol talk about his new book on family worship, available now from Free Grace Press. https://freegracepress.com/products/let-the-little-children-come --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 101: Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the other Six Days, too)
June 18, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.23 MBHear Scott Aniol talk about his new book on family worship, available now from Free Grace Press. https://freegracepress.com/products/let-the-little-children-come
Should we expect to experience God's presence in worship?
May 07, 2021 13:00 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBScott Aniol interacts with Glenn Packiam's response to Hans Boersma's article on First Things, "The Liturgical Medium is the Message," and argues that both authors have a similar errant expectation that Christians ought to expect to physically experience God's manifest presence through the liturgy and music. Rather, Christians must draw near to God by faith. Scott then recommends a book that well articulates this corrective to medieval and contemporary experientialism, What Happens ...
Episode 100: Should we expect to experience God's presence in worship?
May 07, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBScott Aniol interacts with Glenn Packiam's response to Hans Boersma's article on First Things, "The Liturgical Medium is the Message," and argues that both authors have a similar errant expectation that Christians ought to expect to physically experience God's manifest presence through the liturgy and music. Rather, Christians must draw near to God by faith. Scott then recommends a book that well articulates this corrective to medieval and contemporary experientialism, What Happens W...
The Work of the People
May 05, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBA biblical understanding of the corporate importance of gathered worship should impact everything we do in corporate worship. Listen as Scott Aniol discusses such implications. Read this at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/the-work-of-the-people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 99: The Work of the People
May 05, 2021 00:00 - 7 minutes - 5.15 MBA biblical understanding of the corporate importance of gathered worship should impact everything we do in corporate worship. Listen as Scott Aniol discusses such implications. Read this at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/the-work-of-the-people.
Jesus Shall Reign
April 30, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 9.41 MBA brief reflection on "Jesus Shall Reign," Isaac Watts's interpretive paraphrase of Psalm 72. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 98: Jesus Shall Reign
April 30, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.7 MBA brief reflection on "Jesus Shall Reign," Isaac Watts's interpretive paraphrase of Psalm 72.
Sacerdotalism in Contemporary Worship
April 28, 2021 13:00 - 3 minutes - 4.41 MBUnfortunately, while contemporary evangelical churches don’t necessarily suffer from the kind of sacerdotalism that developed in the medieval church, a similar problem has emerged. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/sacerdotalism-in-contemporary-worship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 97: Sacerdotalism in Contemporary Worship
April 28, 2021 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.21 MBUnfortunately, while contemporary evangelical churches don’t necessarily suffer from the kind of sacerdotalism that developed in the medieval church, a similar problem has emerged. Listen as Scott Aniol explains. You can read this at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/sacerdotalism-in-contemporary-worship.
The Preparation and Participation in Corporate Worship
April 26, 2021 13:00 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBIn the second half of chapter 6 of Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World, Scott Aniol discusses how to best prepare for and participate in corporate worship each week. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 96: The Preparation and Participation in Corporate Worship
April 26, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBIn the second half of chapter 6 of Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World, Scott Aniol discusses how to best prepare for and participate in corporate worship each week.
You Have Come to Heavenly Worship
April 23, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBTwo visions of heavenly worship, the Christian's reality now, the necessity of faith, and worship shaped by the worship of heaven --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 95: You Have Come to Heavenly Worship
April 23, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBTwo visions of heavenly worship, the Christian's reality now, the necessity of faith, and worship shaped by the worship of heaven
The Work of Ministry
April 21, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBEvery 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 ★
Episode 94: The Work of Ministry
April 21, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 5.84 MBEvery 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.
The Priesthood of All Believers
April 14, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBThe 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-priesthood-of-all-believers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...
Episode 93: The Priesthood of All Believers
April 14, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 5.7 MBThe 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-priesthood-of-all-believers.
The Purpose of Corporate Worship
April 12, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBHow 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 ★
Episode 92: The Purpose of Corporate Worship
April 12, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBHow 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.
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
April 09, 2021 13:00 - 4 minutes - 6.7 MBA 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 ★
Episode 91: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
April 09, 2021 12:22 - 4 minutes - 6.7 MBA 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.
Dialogue with God in Corporate Worship
April 07, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MBHow 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 ★
Episode 90: Dialogue with God in Corporate Worship
April 07, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 6.18 MBHow should the dialogical nature of worship impact what we do in corporate gatherings? Listen as Scott Aniol explains.
The Redemption and Judgment of Beauty
April 05, 2021 13:00 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBBeauty 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/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 89: The Redemption and Judgment of Beauty
April 05, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MBBeauty 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.
Episode 88: The Guiltless Dies for the Guilty: Satisfaction in Bach's St. Matthew Passion
April 02, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBJ. 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
The Guiltless Dies for the Guilty: Satisfaction in Bach's St. Matthew Passion
April 01, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBJ. 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 podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottaniol/support ★ Support this...
God Speaks, We Respond
March 31, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 8.77 MBCommune 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 ★
Episode 89: God Speaks, We Respond
March 31, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.39 MBCommune with God is a conversation, a dialogue. Posted at https://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-worship/god-speaks-we-respond.
The Source and Marring of Beauty
March 29, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBIs 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/scottaniol/support ★ Support this podcast ★
Episode 88: The Source and Marring of Beauty
March 29, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBIs 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.
This Is My Father's World
March 26, 2021 13:00 - 4 minutes - 5.74 MBA 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 ★
Episode 87: This Is My Father's World
March 26, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MBA brief reflection on "This Is My Father's World" by Maltbie Babcock, set to TERRA BEATA.
Dialogue with God
March 24, 2021 12:00 - 5 minutes - 7.61 MBJesus’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 ★
Episode 86: Dialogue with God
March 24, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.81 MBJesus’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.
Evaluating Musical Communication
March 22, 2021 13:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBAn 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 ★
Episode 85: Evaluating Musical Communication
March 22, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBAn 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.
Understanding and Resisting the Secular Religion of our Day
March 11, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBHow 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 ★
Episode 84: Understanding and Resisting the Secular Religion of our Day
March 11, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBHow 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.
Living Water
March 10, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 9.39 MBJesus’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 ★
Episode 83: Living Water
March 10, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MBJesus’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.
How Should We Evaluate Musical Communication
March 08, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBAudio 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 ★
Episode 82: How Should We Evaluate Musical Communication
March 08, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBAudio 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.