This week, we begin our rehearsals before holding our first worship services in our new church building on September 12. I’m also in the process of cleaning up our Order of Worship format to be more readable and helpful. More on that to come. (Reading books like REWORK have done wonders in helping me as [...]
Here is a doxology that I wrote a few years back based upon the Doxology to Martin Luther’s hymn “Savior of the Nations, Come”. Doxology (Praise to God the Father Sing) Lead Sheet Praise to God the Father sing. Praise to God the Son, our King. Praise to God the Spirit be, Ever and eternally.
A gem from Michael Spencer on Good Friday. Here’s the closing prayer: Master, this day is our day to stand and look. To be amazed and disturbed. This is a day to put away glad songs, and to see the terrible cost of our salvation. This is also a day to believe, and as Watts [...]
Words from John Piper: [T]he essence of worship is not external, localized acts, but an inner, Godward experience that shows itself externally not primarily in church services (though they are important) but primarily in daily expressions of allegiance to God. John Piper Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, page 228 (ebook edition)
I’ve added a new category to the website: Preaching. I preach occasionally at our church and have recently come to be more interested in what it means to preach Biblically, clearly, and to the heart. It’s not completely outside of the realm of this website, either, given that it is an integral part of the [...]
Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted several reviews of the worship services at General Assembly. I appreciate the comments and discussion that those posts have inspired. A few closing thoughts today: As I’ve stated in a couple of venues, I think the variety that the Central Florida Presbytery brought to the worship services was [...]
