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Here are some articles in honor of Reformation Day:
Did Luther Use Tunes from Love Songs?
The Conservatism of the Normative Principle
My first introduction to the Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) came in an article on this site. Shortly after reading that, I read Scott Aniol’s book, Worship in Song, which further explains this principle.
Simply put, the RPW states that we must include in our services only those elements of [...]
Continue Reading →At this year’s Conference on Conservative Christianity (which concluded Tuesday), Steve Thomas of Huron Baptist Church made a point in one of his sessions that I found remarkably insightful. Most of those attending the conference would either embrace the regulative principle of worship outright, or would advocate something very [...]
Continue Reading →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 [...]
Continue Reading →In his Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel (contained in vol. 7 of the Banner Works), John Owen (1616-1683) spends a chapter briefly discussing the “apostasy from evangelical worship.” Owen is quite broad in this chapter, seeking, as he says, to discuss “only . . . such things as the generality [...]
Continue Reading →One of the key passages in Scripture that illustrates deviant worship is found in Exodus 32:1-10:
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man [...]
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