Rambling thoughts on corporate prayer
Matthew Henry said, “It is taken for granted that all the disciples of Christ pray. As soon as ever Paul was converted, behold he prayeth.… Read More »Rambling thoughts on corporate prayer
Articles on Worship
His Honor in 21st Century America
Malachi 1:6-9 (ESV) reads: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And… Read More »His Honor in 21st Century America
Worship That God Has Not Prescribed
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… Read More »Worship That God Has Not Prescribed
Learning to Worship is Like Learning a Foreign Language
My four-year-old son has been learning French recently. Well, sort of. We’ve checked out some children’s French DVDs from our local library, and each day… Read More »Learning to Worship is Like Learning a Foreign Language
Doth not the mind often leave them before the Lord?
A couple weeks ago, I commented on how important it is for Christians in an age of Internet and media distractions to learn to wean… Read More »Doth not the mind often leave them before the Lord?
Some Things To Consider Including in Your Worship – Planned Prayers
In the free worship tradition, almost nothing is as frowned upon as the idea of prayers that are read or planned. These are seen as… Read More »Some Things To Consider Including in Your Worship – Planned Prayers
A question concerning the authority of Scripture and expositional preaching
The other day I was listening to a conversation among some ministers and seminary educators. Among them, there was an assumption of sorts that expository… Read More »A question concerning the authority of Scripture and expositional preaching
T. David Gordon: “It’s like reaching the rich young ruler by throwing money at him.”
“It’s like reaching the rich young ruler by throwing money at him,” is the apt comparison of T. David Gordon in response to whether or not… Read More »T. David Gordon: “It’s like reaching the rich young ruler by throwing money at him.”
Some Things To Consider Including In Your Worship – Reiterations and Explanations of Hymns
In 1880 J.S. Curwen wrote Studies in Worship Music, an attempt to study the psalms and hymns sung throughout English churches of the time. The final… Read More »Some Things To Consider Including In Your Worship – Reiterations and Explanations of Hymns
Worship Wars and Warriors
Editor’s note: the following essay appears as the foreword to Scott Aniol’s book, Worship in Song: a Biblical Approach to Music and Worship. This highlights… Read More »Worship Wars and Warriors
He brought it up
This morning I was rifling through blog posts in Google reader and noticed a familiar looking image on my feed from the Gospel Coalition. The… Read More »He brought it up
Some Things to Consider Including in your Worship – Stand-alone Scripture Readings
I can’t imagine that readers of this blog attend churches where the Scriptures are never read during corporate worship. However, we may find that many attend… Read More »Some Things to Consider Including in your Worship – Stand-alone Scripture Readings
Some Things to Consider Including in Your Worship – Silence
Our fathers had much to say about stillness, and by stillness they meant the absence of motion or the absence of noise or both. They… Read More »Some Things to Consider Including in Your Worship – Silence
Some Things to Consider Including in Your Worship – Singing the Psalms
The singing of psalms has all but disappeared from many congregations, unless you count the “As the Deer” chorus as a singing of a psalm.… Read More »Some Things to Consider Including in Your Worship – Singing the Psalms
Teach children hymns
We believe that the great Christian tradition of hymnody should be perpetuated. We treasure the invaluable contributions of the saints to our corporate and private… Read More »Teach children hymns
Some Things to Consider Including in your Worship – A Call to Worship
In this series, I hope to highlight the benefits of certain worship practices that are sometimes missing from the free-worship traditions. I do not mean… Read More »Some Things to Consider Including in your Worship – A Call to Worship
Preserving the Truth in our Worship
My argument in this series will be that conservative worship is essential to the preservation of truth for this reason: we will have preserved truth successfully… Read More »Preserving the Truth in our Worship
Reverence in prayer
The section on prayer in John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion is surely one of the most beloved passages of that influential work. Therein,… Read More »Reverence in prayer
Nor shall your eye pity him
How important is it that we worship God and him alone? Deuteronomy 13:6-11 is one of those passages that jars our modern sensibilities as a… Read More »Nor shall your eye pity him
Martin Luther’s Worship Reforms
At the heart of Martin Luther’s reformation of the Church were his reforms in worship. In celebration of Reformation Day, let us consider his influence.… Read More »Martin Luther’s Worship Reforms