Executive Vice President and Editor-in-chief
Scott Aniol, PhD, is a teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy, he lectures around the country in churches, conferences, and seminaries, and he has authored several books including Changed from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Story of the Christian Faith and Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship, and dozens of articles published in theological journals. In addition to his role with G3, Scott is Professor of Pastoral Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary in Conway, Arkansas. Scott holds a masters degree in theological studies (SWBTS), a masters degree in aesthetics (NIU), and a PhD in worship theology (SWBTS). Scott and his wife, Becky, have four children: Caleb, Kate, Christopher, and Caroline.
Publications
Books
2022 Changed from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Story of the Christian Faith (H&E Publishing).
2022 Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship (Free Grace Press)
2021 Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the Other Six Days, Too) (Conway, AR: Free Grace Press).
2020 Draw Near: The Heart of Communion with God (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2020).
2020 Tune My Heart: Bible Narratives Devotional Guide for Individuals or Families (Fort Worth, TX: Religious Affections Ministries).
2017 (co-ed. with Ryan J. Martin) Hymns to the Living God (Fort Worth, TX: Religious Affections Ministries).
2015 By the Waters of Babylon: Worship in a Post-Christian Culture (Kregel Publications).
2014 (co-author with Kevin T. Bauder, David de Bruyn, Michael Riley, Ryan J. Martin, and Jason Parker) Conservative Christian Declaration (Fort Worth, TX: Religious Affections Ministries).
2010 Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World (Simpsonville, SC: Religious Affections Ministries).
2010 Sound Worship: Teacherâs Edition (Simpsonville, SC: Religious Affections Ministries).
2009 Worship in Song: A Biblical Philosophy of Worship and Music (Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books).
Articles
2021 âFrom Text to Expression: âFittingnessâ as a Guideline for Biblically-Informed Worship Music.â Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 26.
2021 âChanged from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Formation of the Christian Faith.â Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care (Spring).
2021 âForm and Substance: Baptist Ecclesiology and the Regulative Principle.â Included in David Charles and Rob Ventura, A Workman Not Ashamed: Essays in Honor of Albert N. Martin (Conway, AR: Free Grace Press).
2019 âWorship as Divider and Unifier: A Comparison of the Reformation with Contemporary Evangelicalism.â Journal of Ministry and Theology 22:2 (Fall).
2019 âWorship that Cannot be Touched: A Theology of Worship from the Book of Hebrews.â Journal of IRBS Theological Seminary.
2019 âPolishing Brass on a Sinking Ship: Toward a Traditional Dispensation Philosophy of the Church and Culture.â The Masters Seminary Journal 30:1 (Spring): 129â46.
2019 âThe Holy Spiritâs Work in Worship: Extraordinary Experience or Disciplined Formation.â Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 24.
2018 âPsalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Assessing the Debate.â Artistic Theologian 6.
2018 âForm and Substance: Baptist Ecclesiology and the Regulative Principle.â Journal of Baptist Theology and Ministry.
2017 âWas Isaac Watts Unitarian? Athanasian Trinitarianism and the Boundary of Christian Fellowship.â Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 22.
2017 âPractice Makes Perfect: Corporate Worship and the Formation of Spiritual Virtue.â Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care (April).
2015 âWorldview Bias and the Origins of Hebrew Worship.â Answers Research Journal 8: 363-369.
2015 âThe Discipline of Worship,â âGreat Commission Worship,â âLife as Worship,â and âWhat is Spiritual Formationâ in Disciple6: A Six-Year Curriculum for Making Teenage Disciples. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
2015 âWorship from the Nations: A Survey and Preliminary Analysis of the Ethnodoxology Movement.â Artistic Theologian 3.
2012 âToward a Biblical Understanding of Culture.â Artistic Theologian 1.
2012 âMusicâ and âMusical Instrumentsâ in Lexham Bible Dictionary (Logos Bible Software).
2011 âWas Isaac Watts a Proto-Dispensationalist?â Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 16.
2010 âA Separatist Evaluation of the New Calvinism.â Frontline Magazine (May/June).
2008 âPop Goes the Music: An Exploration of the Distinctions Between Folk and Pop Culture Through the Writings of Ralph Vaughan Williams.â Ralph Vaughan Williams Society Journal (June).
2008 âAn Argument for the Superiority of Printed Media over Visual Media.â Included in Anne Machin and Russ Ward, Mirror Images (Darien, IL: Longman Publishers).
2006 âWhere Is Christ in Christmas?â Frontline Magazine (November/December).
2005 âA Plea to Teach Children Hymns.â Sola! Putting Theology Back in the Pew (July).
Reviews
2021 âBook Review: What Happens When We Worship by Jonathan Landry Cruse.â Artistic Theologian 9.
2020 âBook Review: Brahmsâs A German Requiem: Reconsidering Its Biblical, Historical, and Musical Contexts by R. Allen Lott.â Southwestern Journal of Theology 63:1 (Fall).
2020 âBook Review: Imagining Theology: Encounters with God in Scripture, Interpretation, and Aesthetics by Garrett Green.â Southwestern Journal of Theology 63:1 (Fall).
2018 âBook Review: The Worship Pastor by Zack Hicks.â Artistic Theologian 6.
2017 âBook Review: The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher.â Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 22.
2017 âReview Article: You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith.â Artistic Theologian 5.
2013 âBook Review: Doxology and Theology ed. by Matt Boswell.â Artistic Theologian 2.
2013 âBook Review: Imagining the Kingdom by James K. A. Smith.â Artistic Theologian 2.
2013 âBook Review: A Neglected Grace by Jason Helopoulos.â Artistic Theologian 2.
2013 âBook Review: Rhythms of Grace by Mike Cosper.â Artistic Theologian 2.
2013 âBook Review: Story-Shaped Worship by Robbie F. Castleman.â Artistic Theologian 2.
2013 âGospel-Shaped Liturgy: A Review of Recent Literature.â Artistic Theologian 2.
2012 âBook Review: Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert Wolters.â Artistic Theologian 1.
2011 âBook Review: The Glory Due His Name: What God Says About Worship by Gary Reimers.â Journal of Dispensational Theology 15, no. 45 (August): 96-99.2009 âBook Review: Christ-Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell.â Themelios (November).