Better than Life (Psalm 63)
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TWO-WAY WORSHIP
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 17, No. 7 (July 2022) The May 2022 issue of Worship Notes, entitled “Two-Sided Worship,” concluded with these words: So BOTH the corporate gathering for worship and the daily walk of worship (including the focused private times of devotion and worship) are very, very important. Which brings us to an interesting ongoing debate: Does our corporate worship gathering for worship, our “weekend worship,” prepare us for
The Worship Trajectory and Goal of the Entire Bible (Part 1: Old Testament)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 16, No. 7 (August 2021) Scott W. Hahn, in his excellent article “Canon, Cult and Covenant:The Promise of Liturgical Hermeneutics” (in Canon andBiblical Interpretation, ed. Craig G. Bartholomew, Scott Hahn,Robin Parry, Christopher Seitz, Al Wolters [Zondervan, 2006]),has given a fascinating overview of the entire spectrum of biblicalrevelation as centered in and heading towards worship. In fact,he shows how each major movement in the scriptural recordculminates in worship.
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Worship from the Heart (part 2)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 7 (July 2019) The Principle at Work Further Old Testament Examples Genesis 4 /After the entry of sin into the human race through the Fall in Genesis 3, the very next chapter relates the first murder, of Abel by his brother Cain (and it takes place in the context of worship: worship has already been corrupted; cf. Romans 1:25): In the course of time Cain
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THE PSALMS: Israel’s Hymnbook . . . and Ours (Part 2)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 10 (October 2015) HOW GOD IS REPRESENTED IN THE PSALMS God’s Powerful Protection Kenneth E. Bailey (The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament, 35-36) has observed that Psalm 18:1-3 piles up a number of attributes and metaphors that are common throughout the Psalms, all of them what he calls “homeland security” images. Hence: I love you, O LORD, my strength.The LORD is
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THE PSALMS: Israel’s Hymnbook . . . and Ours (Part 1)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 9 (September 2015) Psalms are the language we use when we need a voice other than our own.(Cornelius Plantinga & Sue A. Rozeboom, Discerning the Spirits:A Guide to Thinking about Christian Worship Today, 160) The Psalms hold a unique place in both Jewish and Christian piety. As has often been pointed out, the full range of human emotions can be found in these 150 songs,
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The Psalms: Israel’s Worship Book
THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 13th in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 10 (October 2012) 1. Their Unique Contribution It is reported that Athanasius, an outstanding Christian leader of the fourth century, declared that the Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because most of Scripture speaks to us, while the Psalms speak for us (Bernhard W. Anderson, Out of the Depths: The Psalms Speak for Us
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Worship in Old Testament History (Part 7)
THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 10th in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 7 (July 2012) This month we look at developments during the reigns of King David and King Solomon. 5. PRE-EXILIC ISRAEL c. The Significance of King David for Israel’s Worship (and Ours) David was an immensely significant figure in the history of worship in at least three areas: 1) He greatly developed Israel as a worshiping community. David
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