Song of preparation: Come O Fount Of Every Blessing. Call to worship: Praise: This Is My Father’s World. Corporate prayer of Confession: Song of assurance, confession of faith, doxology: Sovereign Grace O’er Sin Abounding; The Apostle’s Creed; Worship, Honour, Glory, Blessing. Consecutive reading: Ezekiel 30:1-26 – Having prophesied of Judah’s destruction (chapters 2-20) and of …
At mgpc we’ve included corporate prayers confessing sin and repentance as part of our corporate worship. This is followed by a verse from the Bible that announces absolution. It’s taken a while to get folk used to reading a prayer in unison as that hasn’t been part of our tradition. But for some it may …
In which the popular and pervasive fallacy that Martin Luther brought tunes sung in drinking establishments to church and set them to hymn words is taken out behind the woodshed and given a paddling. (Again. This story won’t die.) From Aigner’s article: Here’s what we do know about the Martin Luther situation. Luther was obviously …
The Lord Jesus has borne the burden of judgment for the Christian’s sins. Then Jesus calls on his people to bear each other’s burdens. From Daniel Hyde, in a post at Ligonier: …since we in the new covenant are all priests of the Lord who can approach Him with boldness and confidence in prayer (Heb. …
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