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Carol of the Bells - or should I say ... trumpets
About Me
My Background
My Background
My Background
Pastoral musician, writer, and researcher This website comes about as a product of my dissertation research into the world of Biblical Trumpets. My dissertation "Shofar, Salpinx, and the Silver Trumpets: The Pursuit for Biblical Clarity" is available upon email request.
My Experience
My Background
My Background
About Me
My Background
About Me
Sometimes bearded, and sometimes not, I enjoy time with my wife, Kimberly and our kids and our grandchildren.
Short Video on Biblical Trumpets
This fun 4:30 minute video is a wonderful place to start in your exploration of Biblical Trumpets. I produced it a few years ago for my old website, "gloryhorn."
Weekly Research Journal
Selected Academic Writings of John L. Francis
The Moravians: a Pattern for Christian Instrumental Music
The Moravians: a Pattern for Christian Instrumental Music
The Moravians: a Pattern for Christian Instrumental Music
A “spiritual awakening”, having taken place in the small community of Herrnhut, Germany, gave birth to a sacred instrumental music ministry so profound that repercussions are still felt today in the secular and sacred United States and elsewhere.
Brita Himnaro
The Moravians: a Pattern for Christian Instrumental Music
The Moravians: a Pattern for Christian Instrumental Music
This paper seeks to research why British hymnody would be an optimum source for a hymnal for Esperanto-speaking people, what can be learned from other English hymn translators and to determine a philosophy of translation to create a hymnal that would be useful for the glorification of God, and a tool for evangelism to a secularized culture.
Forming a Communion Mindset
The Moravians: a Pattern for Christian Instrumental Music
Forming a Communion Mindset
Through his hymnal, William Gadsby, sought to use hymns as a formative means of teaching a specific doctrine of the Lord’s Supper to "Strict Baptists" that would be Calvinistic in expression, despite the clear Zwinglian “memorialism” stance that their confessions would state.
On Platform Leadership
Shofar: Once and Future Icon
Forming a Communion Mindset
This brief article is about the importance of sincere platform leadership through preparation, appearance, platform vibrancy and certain untangibles
Trumpets in Scripture
Shofar: Once and Future Icon
Shofar: Once and Future Icon
My Master's Thesis, "Trumpets in Scripture" explores the concepts of the two trumpets in the Bible and their meanings.
Shofar: Once and Future Icon
Shofar: Once and Future Icon
Shofar: Once and Future Icon
In the Jewish faith, according to Rabbi Abraham Witty, the shofar is a symbol for Messiah. This paper looks at iconodules and iconclasts to decide is the shofar a good representative of the Messiah.
Various Resources on Biblical Trumpets
I have spent years gleaning material on this subject matter by many authors. What is available is free, and should be used for educational purposes only, not for monetary profit. Also please cite authors. If there is no citation available you may cite: "http://www.biblicaltrumpets.org"
Internet Links
Shofar Sounder's Webpage (Archived)
Why So Many Christians Sound the Shofar...
Why So Many Christians Sound the Shofar...
Why So Many Christians Sound the Shofar...
Why So Many Christians Sound the Shofar...
Why So Many Christians Sound the Shofar...
A Common Pentecostal View of Shofar
Why So Many Christians Sound the Shofar...
A Common Pentecostal View of Shofar
Hebrew4Christians
One Hundred Sounds
A Common Pentecostal View of Shofar
One Hundred Sounds
One Hundred Sounds
One Hundred Sounds
Jewish Code of Law
One Hundred Sounds
One Hundred Sounds
The Sounding of the Shofar
Psalm 81: Ancient Liturgy and Timely Admonition
Psalm 81: Ancient Liturgy and Timely Admonition
Psalm 81: Ancient Liturgy and Timely Admonition
Psalm 81: Ancient Liturgy and Timely Admonition
Psalm 81: Ancient Liturgy and Timely Admonition
Contact Me
Visit me in St. Louis
Parkway Baptist Church
12465 Olive Blvd
St. Louis, Missouri, 63141