This series of posts is in defense of the prayer service. In the first post, I offered some important introductory remarks, and laid out the… Read More »In Defense of the Prayer Meeting (Part 2): Its Essential Purpose
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
Paul’s central argument in the only full NT chapter addressing corporate worship is that for corporate worship, the spiritual gift of prophecy was to be… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Edification, not Expression
In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul makes the specific argument that in corporate worship, the gift of prophecy is to be desired over the gift of… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Believers, Not Unbelievers
For the last couple of weeks I have been laying the contextual foundation for what is perhaps the most significant chapter in the New Testament… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Corporate, Not Individual
We’ve all been caged up for a while now. Because of the concerns of governments the world-wide, churches have not been able to gather. In… Read More »What I’ve missed while not gathering with my local church (Part 2)
When Israel lost its Temple in A. D. 70, you might imagine it would have prompted much soul-searching and repentance among the rabbis that had… Read More »Wrong Responses to a Loss of Corporate Worship
Last week in our discussion of Psalm 130 for today, we saw that this is one of seven of the penitential psalms, psalms that express… Read More »A Song of Corporate Worship
This year we celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a theological movement that restored many biblical doctrines and emphases that had been… Read More »The People’s Work: A Reformation Recovery
Paul has a corporate worship in mind in 1 Corinthians 14, and as the Apostle addresses the problem of tongues in Corinth, he at the same teaches… Read More »Christian worship is corporate
Navigating the difficult relationship between corporate worship and the culture around is is a challenge, but it is one made easier when we recognize the… Read More »Corporate worship and the formation of a new culture
Both Old Testament command and New Testament example demonstrate that God desires that believers lift His praises together. He wants His children to gather for… Read More »Why gather for corporate worship?
It is becoming increasingly popular today to assume that since the essence of worship is the language of the gospel, then it follows that worship… Read More »Worship in the Assembly
In Wiser Than Despair, Quentin Faulkner argues that religion manifests itself in myth (divine revelation and doctrinal content), ethos (behavior or morals), and cult. After acknowledging… Read More »What does it take to keep you from corporate worship?
I suggested last week, springing from Kevin Bauder’s excellent article, that one of the reasons worship is in such trouble today is that pastors who… Read More »Why else are we in this mess?
Yesterday I suggested that some kind of expression of union between brothers in Christ should be part of corporate worship, particularly as part of the… Read More »Christian fellowship as part of corporate worship
OK, so I’m not really going to defend the handshake chorus as it’s practiced today. But I did want to address the importance and tradition… Read More »A biblical defense of the handshake chorus
Because the Bible tells us that we must worship God acceptably (Hebrews 12:28), there is by necessity the possibility of worshipping God in an unacceptable,… Read More »Worldly Worship
Does God care about how His people worship Him? Some would argue that God does not care how we worship Him as long as we… Read More »Heartless Worship
| | Private and public worship are not the same. There is a difference between the regular, ordinary times of worship for a gathered group… Read More »Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 4)