CELEBRATION (Day 2 of NPWC 2025)

WORSHIP NOTESVolume 20, No. 11 (November 2025) Here is the second of the three keynote Bible lessons I gave at the conference. CELEBRATION Sing to the LORD, all the earth!Tell of his salvation from day to day. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;bring an offering and come before him!Worship the LORD in the […]

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The Glory of God and the Fall

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 20, No. 6 ( June 2025) The Downward Spiral The glory of God was at issue in the fall of man. In Romans 1 Paul explains the fall of Adam and Eve into sin: For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give thanks to him (Romans 1:21a) Instead of taking their proper place in subjection to their Creator, Adam and Eve

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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 IN EDEN: What We Had, What We Lost, What Was Restored

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 10 (October 2019)   WHAT WE HAD God’s own assessment of His creative work was that it was “good” (9 times in Genesis 1:4–2:12), and that after man was added it was all “very good” (1:31). God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden, where they had direct, unfettered access to God— unmediated worship: Although the Scriptures do not specifically say so, worship of God

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ETERNAL PRAISE: Reflections from Revelation (5)

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 13, No. 9 (September 2018) ETERNAL PRAISE AND HUMAN HISTORY(Revelation 4 & 5) (part 2) EVERYBODY WORSHIPS It has often been pointed out that the problem is not that there are people in this world who do not worship; rather the problem is that so many people worship the wrong thing. Everybody worships. Everything gives their heart loyalty to something or someone. Depending on where you come

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