WORSHIP NOTES Volume 16, No. 10 (November 2021) Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, people (the crowds, the disciples, or individuals) would “marvel” or “wonder” at the things Jesus did and said; they were reacting to the evident power and authority and wisdom of God working in and through him. For instance: And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey Him?” (Matthew 8:27) […]
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 16, No. 4 (April 2021) INTRODUCTION How small and distant God can seem when we’re discouraged! Two of Jesus’ disciples faced that kind of disappointment and discouragement as they wearily made their way from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus on the Sunday afternoon after their Master had undergone a horrible execution on a Roman cross, as related to us in Luke 24. THE WALK Two
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 3 (March 2020) Below are listed just a few of the many resources that have been made available for Christians and churches dealing with our present trying time. SCRIPTURES (among, of course, many, many others) Many are the plans in the mind of a man,but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. (Proverbs 19:21) God is our refuge and strength,a very present
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Worship in the Old Testament, 18th and last in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 4 (April 2013) You have exalted above all thingsYour name and Your word. (Psalm 138:2) “I am the LORD; that is My name;I will not give my glory to another.” (Isaiah 42:8) 1. THE NATURE OF GOD’S NAME As is well known, names in Scripture carry much more weight than mere appellation or identification: they
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THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 4th in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 1 (January 2012) For the next several months we will survey the practice and themes of worship found in Israel’s history as recorded in the pages of the Old Testament. As Steven Hawthorne points out: The Bible is the astounding drama of God’s love drawing the worship of the nations. . . . God reveals
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