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Defining Conservatism

The term “conservative” gets thrown around a lot, but do people really know what it means?

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Recovering Intentional Worship by David de Bruyn

Some Things to Consider Including In Your Church Service

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Missions and Music Contextualizing the Gospel

A blog series from Religious Affections Ministries.

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Scott Aniol speaks on the subject of music and worship around the country. Schedule him to speak in your church, plan and lead your worship service, or lead a hymn service.

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Free course on worship with Kevin Bauder

On March 7, 2012 By

A free course being offered this June at Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis should be of particular interest to readers of this site. Click here for a video introduction from Kevin.

I highly recommend this course; I can think of few better qualified to teach on this critical subject than [...]

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Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 5)

On February 28, 2012 By
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Public Worship and Private Worship

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We have looking at different reasons why the regular meeting for worship with one’s church is better than private meetings of worship, including times of personal devotion and family worship. Both, we have consistently stressed, are essential for vital piety in the life of a [...]

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Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 4)

On February 7, 2012 By
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Public Worship and Private Worship

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Private and public worship are not the same. There is a difference between the regular, ordinary times of worship for a gathered group of Christians organized as a church and the irregular times of worship personally, in our homes as families, and with other [...]

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

On January 31, 2012 By
This entry is part 3 of 5 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 →