John Starke writes about the place of lament in corporate worship. … the Bible gives us several good reasons why lamenting should be a part of our normal Christian worship, even if we are not lamenting our own circumstances. In no particular order of importance, here are four such reasons. We sing songs of lament …
Clash of a titan and the pretender to the throne. (For some reason I identify with this on a Monday.)
Derived by a series of posts published at the Gospel Coalition on the titular theme, Christ-Centered Preaching And Teaching has chapters by Daniel Block, David Murray, Walt Kaiser and Bryan Chapell, with supplemental material provided by Ed Stetzer who has edited the publication. Well worth a look. And it’s free.
Brian Harvey is the Youth Ministries Director for the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. He has a blog. Here are his thoughts about the first day of his first time attending the National Youth Ministry Convention. He promises some follow-up posts about his experiences over the next few days.
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