As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“A church’s songs are not a mere preamble to the sermon. Singing is not filler time to warm up a congregation. Singing is a holy practice. We sing because God has commanded us, and our songs should fill our hearts with delight.” - Matt Boswell
“A way to pray and sing with deeper intention this Christmas.” - Breakpoint
A sermon (No. 1469) delivered on Lord’s-Day morning, April 20th, 1879, by C. H. Spurgeon
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
“In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”—Philippians 4:6.
“When your sanctuary looks like a concert venue, with giant LED screens, flashing lights, and booming surround sound, someone might feel, ‘This isn’t church to me—it’s a show.’” - C.Leaders
“Doe alleges that GCC leadership attempted to conceal Jung’s abusive behavior despite being legally required to report such abuse to authorities and told her to ‘submit’ to Jung’s authority as he continued to abuse her and their children.” - CPost
“About 42% of the survey participants believe the Trump administration’s policies have a positive impact on their organization or the work they do—down from 54% in January. About 10% believe the administration policies will have no impact, and 24% think the policies may have a negative impact.” - MinistryWatch
We all have different ways of trying to keep Christ in Christmas. Nonetheless, the Christmas season is busy as pastors and members seek to be with their families for the holiday. In many instances, a Christmas service keeps a pastor away from his family, since pastors were often reared in areas far away from the church they serve. On the other hand, a service can help families make a point of keeping Christ in Christmas. What are your thoughts?
“I want to make a case from Scripture for why we should understand that these three terms refer to the same office. My argument moves along three steps.” - 9 Marks
“We Evangelicals have come to view the word ‘worship’ as referring to something like God-focused music. And music is inherently emotional. So it follows that our understanding of ‘worship’ could then be reduced to the personal expression of a God-centered, emotional experience.” - CLeaders
In my last post, I walked through my method for becoming more familiar with the biblical text through the process of reading, translating, and diagramming. Although at this point much progress has been made, there is still more work to do before we can confidently say we know the main idea of the text. Up to this point the study has been with the Bible alone—no commentaries should have been used thus far.
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