Worship
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The God of Small Churches
Most of us have a picture in our minds of what a successful church looks like. It is large. It has a full parking lot. The worship team is polished. The children’s ministry is bustling. The pastor is well known. We absorb this picture from our culture without even realizing it. Attendance becomes the metric.…
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Historical Roots of Image Worship in the Church
Concerning the veneration of images, the claims made by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox are bold. It is not merely that the veneration of saints and images is permissible—it is that it is apostolic. That is, it belongs to the very faith once delivered to the saints. This claim does not withstand even a…
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Suggestions for Fruitful Corporate Worship
In my previous two blogs, I offered some suggestions for fruitful personal and family worship. Following this pattern, I will now offer some suggestions for fruitful corporate worship, or worship on the Lord’s Day. The Westminster Confession of Faith emphasizes the special character of the Lord’s Day. It is a day of rest for God’s…
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Suggestions for Fruitful Family Worship
In my previous blog, I offered some suggestions for fruitful personal worship. I cited the Westminster Confession of Faith to highlight that the Bible gives us three primary ways that we should worship God. The first is personal private worship. The second is family worship. The third is corporate worship on the Lord’s Day. In…
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Suggestions for Fruitful Personal Worship
As the year of 2025 comes to a close, many will be starting their 2026 resolutions. Fridges will be full of healthy foods. Gyms will be crowded with new members. Instruments will be strummed painfully. You get the point. Many will be setting out on new ventures in the new year. All the common resolutions…