I recently received an email asking for my opinion on whether worship should be only reverent, or whether celebration and joy—especially expressed through physical expression… Read More »Some Thoughts on Physical Expression in Corporate Worship
Imagine a church auditorium packed with people. Their eyes are fixed on the stage where skilled musicians play and a handsome man leads the congregation… Read More »Beyond contemporary vs. traditional
Throughout the history of the Church, Christians have always been tempted to follow after more physical, more sensory forms of worship because of a misunderstanding… Read More »Worship that Cannot Be Touched
What becomes apparent when studying worship in Hebrews, as exemplified by this central idea of faith, is that all of these continuities between OT and… Read More »Continuities between OT and NT Worship
Faith (πίστιϚ) stands in Hebrews as the supreme continuity between OT and NT worship since it functions as an essential link between the physical and… Read More »Worship by Faith
Significant discontinuities exist between OT and NT worship, and it is important to note that each of these cases of discontinuity stems from the author… Read More »Jesus Christ as the Fulfillment of OT Worship
Hebrews 12:18-29 is structured around a discontinuity of the location of worship, and the rest of the book reflects this emphasis. In Hebrews 12:18, Sinai… Read More »The Location of Worship
Hebrews 12:18-29 provide an important summary of the book’s argument concerning worship. The author’s descriptions of these two contrasting mountains are instructive and important to… Read More »Physical vs. Metaphysical Worship
God required OT saints to offer sacrifices with him as means of temporary forgiveness. These sacrifices themselves were imperfect, and they did nothing to change… Read More »The Sacrifice of Worship
Conservative Christians will be committed to worship forms that foster ordinate affection toward God. Commitment to the Regulative Principles of Worship solves the question of… Read More »How Can We Conserve Biblical Worship? Part 3
Externalism is a sneaky error in which we insist that the outward appearance reveals the heart. Or, another way of saying it is that inward,… Read More »Externalism
Joy. What exactly is joy? I can say that I experienced the emotion of joy while riding a roller coaster. It’s this thrilling enthusiasm that… Read More »Is worship like riding a roller coaster?
About a year ago I posted a piece on leading congregational singing; I compared two conferences, one in which I was privileged to plan and… Read More »A Tale of Two Song Leaders
At the end of Hebrews 12 we find a very instructive passage that describes New Testament worship. But in order to understand the point of… Read More »Worship That Cannot Be Touched – Hebrews 12:18-29