Important Announcement
I am very pleased to announce that I have accepted a position with G3 Ministries as Executive Vice President and Editor-in-chief. I am so thankful for the… Read More »Important Announcement
Scott Aniol
Scott Aniol is the founder and Executive Director of Religious Affections Ministries. He is director of doctoral worship studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he teaches courses in ministry, worship, hymnology, aesthetics, culture, and philosophy. He is the author of Worship in Song: A Biblical Approach to Music and Worship, Sound Worship: A Guide to Making Musical Choices in a Noisy World, and By the Waters of Babylon: Worship in a Post-Christian Culture, and speaks around the country in churches and conferences. He is an elder in his church in Fort Worth, TX where he resides with his wife and four children. Views posted here are his own and not necessarily those of his employer.
God’s Universal Natural Revelation
Last week I started a short series looking at God’s two-fold revelation as expressed in Psalm 19. This week we focus on the first form… Read More »God’s Universal Natural Revelation
God has revealed himself
A central doctrine of biblical Christianity is that God has revealed himself, and he has done so in two ways, both of which we can… Read More »God has revealed himself
New Book! Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the Other Six Days, Too)
In Let the Little Children Come, my goal is to convince church leaders and parents that children best grow into faithful, mature worshipers of Jesus Christ… Read More »New Book! Let the Little Children Come: Family Worship on Sunday (and the Other Six Days, Too)
Book Recommendation: What Happens When We Worship
Every so often a book warrants the thought in my mind, “I wish I would have written this book.” Such is the case with What… Read More »Book Recommendation: What Happens When We Worship
The Work of the People
A biblical understanding of the corporate importance of gathered worship should impact everything we do in corporate worship. First, although every church member is a… Read More »The Work of the People
Sacerdotalism in Contemporary Worship
The medieval church suffered from a kind of sacerdotalism that removed worship from the people and made it the worship of priests on behalf of… Read More »Sacerdotalism in Contemporary Worship
The Work of Ministry
Last week we saw that since all who are in Christ are priests who are able to draw near and offer sacrifices to God, therefore,… Read More »The Work of Ministry
The Priesthood of All Believers
In the year 365 a council of church leadership met in the city of Laodicea to discuss various problems that had arisen in the churches… Read More »The Priesthood of All Believers
Dialogue with God in Corporate Worship
Over the past several weeks I have been developing the biblical idea of the dialogical structure of corporate worship. Historically, church worship services have been… Read More »Dialogue with God in Corporate Worship
God Speaks, We Respond
Last week we noticed the dialogical structure of worship manifest in the terms “spirit” and “truth” in John 4. So let’s unpack this two-part, dialogical… Read More »God Speaks, We Respond
Dialogue with God
Jesus’s conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 illustrates well the essence of worship with God as a relationship of communion with him. But where… Read More »Dialogue with God
Living Water
For the past several weeks I have been building the case for a biblically-founded theology and practice of corporate worship. The first few posts established… Read More »Living Water
Covenant Renewal in Corporate Worship
The understanding of the purpose of corporate worship that I have been exploring for the past couple of weeks is this: Corporate worship is communion… Read More »Covenant Renewal in Corporate Worship
Brought Near by the Blood of Christ
Last week we examined two images Scripture uses to describe the Old Testament temple that should be applied equally to the New Testament Church has… Read More »Brought Near by the Blood of Christ
The Church: God’s Temple
So far in this series I have established the importance of grounding our theology and practice of worship in the sufficient and authoritative Word of… Read More »The Church: God’s Temple
The Authority of Scripture over the Order of Corporate Worship
Last week I discussed implications of the doctrine of Scripture’s authority over our corporate worship, and I suggest that it involves at least three aspects:… Read More »The Authority of Scripture over the Order of Corporate Worship
The Extent of Biblical Authority over Worship
For the past couple of weeks I have been establishing the need to root our theology and practice of worship in the authoritative and sufficient… Read More »The Extent of Biblical Authority over Worship
The Authority of Scripture over Worship
Jesus’s confrontation with the Pharisees during his earthly ministry highlights the fact that God rejects worship based on the traditions of men; rather, he insists… Read More »The Authority of Scripture over Worship
The Traditions of Men
Ever since Cain and Abel, God’s people have been asking, “What is the proper way to worship God?” Uncertainty reigns today in churches over whether… Read More »The Traditions of Men