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Walking in spiritual freedom
For the month of January I have challenged myself with the YouVersion devotional plan reading Oswald Chambers to begin the year. Nearly every day I have been challenged in some way by a simple sentence or two. Today was this: When you have no vision from God, no enthusiasm left in your life, and not one watching and encouraging you,…
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Hearing pure joy
Listen to pure worship.
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Worship intimately
Three thoughts for day from my message: 1. Practice stillness 2. Practice spiritual reading 3. Practice Lectio Divina Do I hold his presence PRECIOUS? Worship is not just about the song we sing. It is about our listening to his words to us.
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Basic Discipleship — Part Three
The past two weeks I have looked at basic discipleship from Luke 10-11 in my preaching. The first week was about proclamation (Luke 10:1-24). Last week (yesterday) was about loving the neighbor (Luke 10:25-37). But next week is crucial. Loving the neighbor was a tough one. But without the third part, it’s not just tough… it’s impossible. We’ll look at the…
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The church is into mass production rather than fine art
I am working my way again through Simon Chan’s marvelous book, Liturgical Theology. As a Pentecostal scholar who calls us back into the deep “traditions” of the Church, I have found this book to be a refreshing read over the years. Chan doesn’t pull punches. He wants us to return to Cyprian’s goal of saying one who doesn’t have the Church…
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Worship songs that ring true — Oceans
Awhile back I remember a headline or something on Facebook mocking the popularity of a worship song called “Oceans.” I’m a pastor, but I can’t possibly keep up on all the music coming out today, so when I finally paid attention and I realized we actually sang that song… and I really LIKE that song. Then, I ran across this…
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The Great I AM
There are times when songs wash over me and the presence of God is that much richer in my spirit. And when the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sings it… heaven.
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Your worship stinks
Not long after I came to our current church as pastor I had a young man who came to be a part of our church from the local college where I would later teach as an adjunct. I loved that guy. Our services were awful. We didn’t have a solid worship leader at the time and our music was just…
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Stirring our passions
Our Wednesday night Bible study has been going through a series on Philippians, listening to a teaching from Matt Chandler. It is an incredible series. Last night was on Philippians 3 and the issue of what stirs our affections. Our hearts were so stirred as we thought of the things that God uses in our lives to stir our deep…
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Things that don’t go together
In the “what’s wrong with this picture” category: A saying on a post said: “Worship isn’t about hyping up. It’s about bowing down.” Great saying. And it was posted over a picture of a scene from a very hyped up worship service… or at least the kind of picture that churches most of the time would want you to THINK…
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