Along the gradual disappearance of Bible reading from gathered worship, the loss of public pastoral prayer is another mystery situation which I notice when visiting other churches. (Of course there’s lots of music) On Christward Collective Nick Batzig has posted Samuel Miller’s Frequent Faults In Public Prayer. Given that there are eighteen of these they …
Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 38 Q & A 153 Q What does God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law? A That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the …
From a post on the St Peter’s Dundee blog here are three of the reasons that David Robertson loves public worship. We’ve loved incorporating these into the life of MGPC. From the post: I love the public prayers – The opening prayer of praise, the pastoral prayer by an elder for the congregation, the prayer …
These points need to be made again and again. From J.D. Greear. “Prayer doesn’t just empower the ministry; prayer is the ministry”. “What if prayer was the most important part of any worship experience? Jesus said, “My house shall be called a ‘house of prayer for all nations,’” not a house of preaching. Is that …
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