Sunday Musings Great post over at 9 Marks today on what we ought to be doing when we come together as the body of Christ. Here’s the link. Take two minutes and read this excerpt from Ligon Duncan’s chapter “Foundations for Biblically Directed Worship” in Give Praise to God: A Vision for Reforming Worship, ed. Philip Graham … More Why and to Do What, Do We Come Together on Sunday?
Sunday Musings Over at Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight) posts on a new Barna report that documents a twenty year downturn in church attendance, Bible reading, Bible confidence and Church involvement, noting in particular these factors among women. You can read the report on the report here. Barna reports a 20 year trend. Think about it. … More Replacing Awe in Worship with “Awesome” Worship Bands
Sunday Musings Today in worship I was brought to tears, as I always am, when we sang the great hymn “Before The Throne Of God Above” together in worship. Along with Be Thou My Vision it is one of my most favorite hymns. I even wrote some extra lyrics to the tune a while back. So today, I … More Sunday Musings on the Greatness of God
Friday is for Heart Songs I have written about the importance of Lament to our worship and souls before here and here. Yesterday, I ran into this short one minute video that took me back to those thoughts. May your meditation on the richness of the gospel be larger this weekend. May you give a fuller … More Insight for Worship from John Stonestreet
Here’s a great story about one of the greatest church planters and equippers of church planters in the history of the church is John Wesley. My Calvinistic heart delights in the usefulness of the first Wesleyan’s usefulness to the sovereign God. There were many reasons why John Wesley was so powerfully effective but don’t underestimate … More Wisdom from One of the Greatest Church Planters of All Time
Monday Discussion Mark 14:26 “And when they had sung a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives.” Even as he went to his destiny in the fullness of time (Gal. 4:4-5), Christ was still leading the disciples in worship. Conclusion: Worship is important to spiritual formation. Question: How important is worshiping with the … More Is Worship Important to Discipleship?
Tozer and Lloyd-Jones would be in perfect sync on this point. Tuesday is for Preaching My beautiful bride passed this jewel along to me. Remember, your preaching will be powerful because you walk with God. It will be weak and anemic because you don’t. It may be popular without holiness but it will only be … More Being Popular vs Being Powerful
Weekend Musings Our approaches to worship are too familiar. We have boldness to go into the throne room of God through the blood of an eternal covenant (Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 13:20) but we should never equate that boldness with flippancy. When I think of passages like Exodus 11-12 and the ferocious love of God for … More The Ferocity of God’s Love is Not Safe but it is Good
This year has had a lot of these impromptu performances.This one is one of the best.
Almost a year ago, just before Christmas, we were hit with blizzard winds and snow here in Bolingbrook. Stephnie and I decided to have worship here, in the confines of our home with our just-from-college-returned son, and pre-c0llege daughter rather than brave the chill of winter and another visit to a church that is not … More Longing to Know that I Need Him Every Hour
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