Those who most desired the judgment of God to fall on others seemed to have no idea about the measure of God’s mercy, or how they themselves needed to be prepared lest that judgment fall on them. Songs of preparation: Child In The Manger, He Will Hold Me Fast, and Give To Our God Immortal …
Joseph Tenney writes about the way in which corporate worship serves to direct the natural flow of our worship toward the one we were created to worship. An excerpt: The gathering together of the church for worship is an act of reversal; it is an act of reversing our loves. Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, …
Songs of preparation and praise: Tell Me The Old, Old Story; Glory Of Glories; and O Lord, Your Perfect Righteousness. Prayer of adoration and confession: expressing thankfulness for God’s calling us into fellowship with Himself as His covenant people and anticipating the fulfilment of that kingdom with the return and rule of King Jesus. Confessing …
Trevin Wax unpacks a few thoughts provoked by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Scot McKnight. Here’s a quote from Bonhoeffer: “Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest and sacrificial.” And …
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