Worship

When I made arrangements to start blogging here, I told the fellows in charge that it was unlikely that I would blog more than twice a month at Ref21, but I'm about to only have posted once in my premiere month. That's a soft start to be sure. Last time, as you remember, I made the point that...

Have you ever been hit just below your chest in thatsweet spot that knocks the wind right out of you? It's scary. What has reallyhappened is that your diaphragm got its clock cleaned and is now having aspasm. Until it calms down, that tight contraction leaves you gasping for air.In that moment, you...

Have you ever been hit just below your chest in thatsweet spot that knocks the wind right out of you? It's scary. What has reallyhappened is that your diaphragm got its clock cleaned and is now having aspasm. Until it calms down, that tight contraction leaves you gasping for air.In that moment, you...

Have you ever been hit just below your chest in thatsweet spot that knocks the wind right out of you? It's scary. What has reallyhappened is that your diaphragm got its clock cleaned and is now having aspasm. Until it calms down, that tight contraction leaves you gasping for air.In that moment, you...

Todd wrote a greatpiece challenging Donald Miller's recentpost , excusing why he doesn't go to church. It just so happens thatscience wouldn't agree with Miller's argument either. In his post, Miller bluntlyexpresses, "So to be brutally honest, I don't learn much about God hearinga sermon,"...

Todd wrote a greatpiece challenging Donald Miller's recentpost , excusing why he doesn't go to church. It just so happens thatscience wouldn't agree with Miller's argument either. In his post, Miller bluntlyexpresses, "So to be brutally honest, I don't learn much about God hearinga sermon,"...

Todd wrote a greatpiece challenging Donald Miller's recentpost , excusing why he doesn't go to church. It just so happens thatscience wouldn't agree with Miller's argument either. In his post, Miller bluntlyexpresses, "So to be brutally honest, I don't learn much about God hearinga sermon,"...

James K. A. Smith, Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation . Cultural Liturgies, vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009, 240pp. $22.99/£12.99 In Desiring the Kingdom , James K. A. Smith sets forth a vision of Christian formation that seeks to challenge preconceived...

iii. Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship, is by God required of all men: and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, by the help of His Spirit, according to His will, with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love and...

i. The light of nature shows that there is a God, who has lordship and sovereignty over all, is good, and does good unto all, and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart, and with all the soul, and with all the might. But the acceptable way...