Greetings in the Name of God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! At this juncture in time, there is one more matter in regards to “bibli-full” worship that I desire to lift to our attention. It is a simple matter; yet its simplicity does not diminish its importance. This matter [...]
Worship matters! In the preface to his book "Stones For Bread" A. Daniel Frankforter rightly states "that every community of Christians is called, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to discover how it can acknowledge the reality of God with sincerity and integrity."
Frankforter laments that while America's churches have given a "lot of attention (if not always thought) to their worship practices", the renewed interest has not necessarily come "from the vitality of a worshiping community" but are instead reforms "adopted as marketing strategies for combating the waning popularity of shrinking congregations. Worship is easily corrupted when it is treated as a recruitment device, for that shifts its focus from honoring God to pleasing those who profess to honor God."
Because worship matters, Dr. Jim Smith, pastor of the Rona Community Church in Fairborn, Ohio who received his doctorate at the Robert E. Webber, Institute for Worship Studies, he will be the major contributor to the important addition to the Let God Lead Us website. We are delighted to have him as part of the LGLU team.
BIBLI-FULL WORSHIP (4)
Greetings in the Name of God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! At this juncture in time, there is one more matter in regards to “bibli-full” worship that I desire to lift to our attention. It is a simple matter; yet its simplicity does not diminish its importance. This matter [...]
WORSHIP MATTERS ~ Bibli-ful Worship (3)
Greetings in the Name of God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! Isaiah 55:8-11 outlines the necessity of filling our worship services with God’s Word. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are [...]
WORSHIP MATTERS ~ Bibli-full Worship (2)
Greetings in the Name of God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! I am a little disappointed that I have not received any responses to my previous article. I do strongly encourage you to read Dr. Cherry’s research. Its stark discoveries leave me wondering about the content of our currently [...]
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WORSHIP MATTERS ~ Bibli-full Worship (1)
Greetings in the Name of God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! In my last post, I introduced the concept of “bibli-full” worship. “Bibli-full” is a concocted term. It was concocted to describe a worship service that is full of publicly-read Scripture – not just in the sermon, but throughout [...]
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