Worship Quotables

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• Priests of Creation
  The first, the basic definition of man is that he is the priest. He stands in the center of the world and unifies it in his act of blessing God, of both receiving the world from God and offering it to God—and by filling the world with this eucharist, he transforms his life, the one […]
• Thankful Joy
  Calvin saw the entire service, not as a performance for God by the celebrants, but as a rhythm of receiving God’s word of grace and then responding in grateful praise. That is how the gospel operates. We do not perform duties, anxiously and wearily hoping that some day we will deserve to enter his kingdom […]
• Three in a Wondrous Unity Unbroken
  Father most holy, merciful, and loving,Jesus, Redeemer, ever to be worshipped,Life-giving Spirit, Comforter most gracious,God-everlasting. Three in a wondrous unity unbroken,One perfect Godhead, love that never faileth,Light of the angels, succour of the needy,Hope of all living. Lord God Almighty, unto thee be glory,One in Three Persons, over all be exalted;Thine, as we meet thee, […]
• Words of Praise
  It seems to me that the tradition of David as the patron of praise at the temple in Jerusalem may have influenced the belief of the early Christians that Jesus was the leader of praise in their worship. Thus in Hebrews 2:12 the words of Psalm 22:22, which are ascribed to David, describe how Jesus […]