Corporate worship not as individual experience in the gathered body, or as common experience among the many, but as a shared experience that reveals the relationships and community that exist in Christ. From Zac Hicks’ The Worship Pastor: Part of loving the church well is reminding her that she is a community. in our day …
In the time of hiatus (in Australia, at any case) which is December-January Rory Shiner outlines a process of questioning and refining the scheduling of church activities. At the post at Go There For Shiner provides background and expands on the rationales for each question. I need to spend time thinking about the smorgasbord versus …
These two keys to a unified multi-generational church by Sam Rainer are helpful. From the post: Key 1: The older generation must sacrifice for the younger generation. When the preferences of the older generation become more important than the souls of their children or grandchildren, the church dies. Church legacy passes from one generation to …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 40 Q & A 161 Q How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation? A The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not by any power in themselves, or any virtue derived from the piety or intention of him by whom they are administered, but only by the …
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