Worship
In Sprit and in Truth
Several years ago, one of the elders from my local church family took it upon himself to begin meeting with the worship team at 8:00 every Sunday morning for a brief devotional to help prepare them for their part in that morning’s activities. It is his habit to start every devotional time by reminding the…
Read MoreMy Worship is Much More Important than Your Worship
NOTE: This is one of my longer blog postings, and I apologize for that, but the issue it explores is so important that I couldn’t effectively break it into multiple postings as I normally would do. Take a moment and think about what it is that makes you angry. By this, I do not mean things…
Read MoreWorshiping the Creation that Worships the Creator
The worship of nature is nothing new to humanity. The practice was so common at the time God gave the Law to the Hebrew people that he expressly forbade the worship of the sun, moon, and stars (Deuteronomy 17:2-5). The apostle Paul berated those who “exchanged God’s truth for a lie and worshipped and served…
Read MoreTips on Being an Unfoolish Worshiper
Our language belies what we know to be truth, or at best, it puts on display our inner conflict over what we actually believe. Very often, while in a public assembly with other believers (usually at church), someone up front will say something along the lines of, “Let’s continue to worship.” The fact that it…
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