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Prayer is a necessary practice of a sound church. The role of secret and corporate prayer in the life of a Christian congregation is sometimes overlooked. Mark Dever, whose insights we value, fails to list to prayer as one of his “marks” of “healthy churches.” (Dever concedes this point and briefly addresses it in his [...]
Continue Reading →Ryan Martin, regular contributor to Religious Affections Ministries, has successfully defended his dissertation. His Ph.D. will be conferred officially on May 11, but (for what it’s worth) he can already claim to be Dr. Martin. As with most dissertations, Ryan’s title was long and convoluted: “‘A Soul Inflamed with High Exercises [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series”Worship and the Missio Dei”
Last week I argued that a biblical understanding of both worship and evangelism will understand evangelism to be subservient to worship; the gospel creates worshipers. This is essentially God’s mission, and it should significantly influence our understanding and practice of worship [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series”Worship and the Missio Dei”
I have attempted in this series to provide a framework for evaluating the relationship between worship and mission. Using Jonathan Edwards’ categories of “Ends” helps to give clarity to what God is doing in history, why he is doing [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series”Worship and the Missio Dei”
Edwards’s discussion of “Ends” presented last week provides a framework for determining both God’s chief end and his mission. Using Edward’s categories, God’s chief end constitutes his absolute ultimate end, and the missio Dei is the [...]
Continue Reading →In the past couple weeks I have tried to suggest two reasons (among many others) problems in worship exists today. The first is that pastors are untrained in worship and music, and the second is that church musicians have little theological competency.
I have observed a growing [...]
Continue Reading →This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series”Relevance is Irrelevant”
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According to 1 Corinthians 1, Christian ministry centers on the declaration of the gospel of Christ. This is how Paul himself ministered, we learn from [...]
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