Chuck Lawless quotes Chuck Swindoll: Why tradition is good: It honors God for what He has done. Tradition, by definition, is tied to the past. Ideally, though, it focuses on God and what He has done, not on what we used to do in the church. Healthy tradition is concerned about glorifying God only. It …
Treven Wax offers an observation about how to nurture an appreciation for corporate worship in an individualistic culture: In an individualistic age, many people come to church for therapeutic reasons. Does my church help me through my week and give me inspiration and strength? We should not dismiss these reasons for coming to church, but …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 36 Chapter 21 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day (Cont.) Paragraphs 7-8 VII. As it is of the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in his Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual …
Stephen Witmer writes about pastoring in smaller towns. The upper limit of your joy in ministry will never be the size of the place in which you minister, but the size of your heart for God. God spreads a banquet of delight before you in your small place, always more than enough, and he invites …
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