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Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 3)

On January 31, 2012 By
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Public Worship and Private Worship

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We have been offering reasons why public worship is better than private. Public worship is the gathered, corporate worship of a local church. Private worship includes times of informal worship apart from the church: small groups, private Bible study and prayer, and family worship. Sometimes Christians today offer [...]

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A postscript on Biblical discernment

On January 10, 2012 By

Last October I wrapped up my eight-part series on Biblical discernment (parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8), and I thought I would now, in retrospect, add a brief postscript to that series simply demonstrating that my position is not novel.

A couple years ago Scott Aniol introduced to me Matthew Henry’s [...]

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“Glory Be to God on High” by Charles Wesley

On December 6, 2011 By

A while back I stumbled across Charles Wesley’s Christmas hymn, “Glory Be to God on High.” This is a superb text on the incarnation of Christ, and I thought this would be a good time to recommend it here. We’ve sung it to the 18th century tune Amsterdam.

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Some concluding thoughts on discernment (Part 8)

On October 18, 2011 By
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Discernment for the Glory of God

I was pushed to write a series on discernment when I heard a famous evangelical pastor define discernment as the ability to see, allegedly by the Spirit of God, obscene things on a kind of imaginary “movie screen.” Continue Reading →

Discernment as spiritual wisdom and understanding (Part 3)

On August 30, 2011 By
This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Discernment for the Glory of God

This is a series on Christian discernment. My first post argued that Christian discernment is necessary for living for the glory of God (Phil 1:9-11). Last week I argued that the ability to choose between right and wrong is a crucial part of spiritual worship to God in living holy lives (Rom 12:1-2).

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Discernment and worship (Part 2)

On August 23, 2011 By
This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Discernment for the Glory of God

Last week I argued from Philippians 1:9-11 that discernment is of great importance to the believer as an important part of living for the glory of God.

This week my thesis is that as believers give themselves as a sacrifice to God in an act of sacred worship, discernment is an important act that [...]

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Restoring Biblical Worship: Heeding God’s Prescriptions

On May 27, 2011 By
This entry is part 9 of 32 in the series Toward Conservative Christian Churches

Biblical worship is the worship revealed in the Bible as pleasing to God. Since the Bible reveals God’s nature, will, and works, we should expect that God prescribes how He wants to be worshipped in Scripture. Both Old Testament principle and New Testament precept (1 Tim 3:15) combine to show us that God’s worship is [...]

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