As I mentioned last week, this past Sunday I gave my State of the Church address. As you’ll read below I talked about discipleship and simplicity, but also farts. Yeah, you read that title right. Farts. But I didn’t talk about it on purpose. Fast forward to minute 19:00, and listen in from there. RightContinue reading “That time I accidentally said “fart” in my State of Faith Church sermon…and some other things as well”
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Experimental Worship? – 1st Corinthians 14:26-40
I have read that early Christian worship was influenced by the order of worship in Jewish synagogues. The picture that Paul gives us in 1st Corinthians 14:26-40 (and in all of chapters 11-14, really) is a very disorderly kind of worship as practiced by the Christians in the city of Corinth. I introduced this conceptContinue reading “Experimental Worship? – 1st Corinthians 14:26-40”
Do we need an order of worship?
Raised in a Conservative Baptist church that practiced a style of worship very much influenced by the frontier free worship tradition, I will never forget two of my first experiences with liturgical style. The first was at a mainline Presbyterian Church in New Jersey where my mother’s sister and her family attended. After quite aContinue reading “Do we need an order of worship?”
Speaking in Tongues is not the point – 1st Corinthians 14:1-25
Last week I mentioned that this past Sunday’s sermon was going to be about speaking in tongues. We have been working our way section by section through the book of 1st Corinthians, and on Sunday we finally made it to chapter 14, which is all about speaking in tongues. I started the sermon off withContinue reading “Speaking in Tongues is not the point – 1st Corinthians 14:1-25”
Ssshhhhhh! It’s Silent Sunday
For the last couple years we’ve taken one Sunday to worship in near total silence. Aren’t we supposed to erupt in praise to our Savior? Don’t the Psalms remind us to celebrate our Lord in song, with instruments, and loudly? Yes and yes! So why would we want silence? 51 out of 52 Sundays weContinue reading “Ssshhhhhh! It’s Silent Sunday”
Blog Year in Review – Best of 2013?
Take a guess, what do you think was the most viewed blog post in 2013? Faith Church added a new traditional worship service back in June, and I wrote quite a bit about worship over the last year. In fact, my post entitled “Could Starting An Addition Worship Service Be Of The Devil” was theContinue reading “Blog Year in Review – Best of 2013?”
Signal Jamming Worship
My mother’s side of the family used to have a large Christmas Eve gathering at my grandparent’s home. I loved that event more than I can describe. The food was awesome. I loved hanging out with my cousins. The gifts around the Christmas tree were bountiful. My grandmother always got us cousins the most bizarreContinue reading “Signal Jamming Worship”
What does it mean to be made in the image of God?
With this Sunday, two months of many guest teachers comes to a close. I have enjoyed it immensely, and I hope you have as well. This Sunday our worship leader, Becka Beard, is preaching on the image of God. The image of God has been a hotly debated topic in the church for centuries. WhatContinue reading “What does it mean to be made in the image of God?”
Multiple worship services ARE of the devil!
Yes, having multiple worship services are of the devil…if we let them be. Let me explain. It is very interesting how we go through life and end up changing our minds about things. For example, how did I go from this to this? If you don’t want to fully read those two blog posts, here’sContinue reading “Multiple worship services ARE of the devil!”
Follow up to “Do we need to stop singing in worship?”
This Sunday we did stop singing in worship! While our worship leader, Becka, didn’t lead us in singing songs, she did lead us in worship. The reason is that when we hired her, we did not hire a piano player. If all we wanted was a piano player, it would be clear that all weContinue reading “Follow up to “Do we need to stop singing in worship?””
Engaging Scripture 