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ETERNAL PRAISE: Reflections from Revelation (7)

Volume 14, No. 1 (January 2019) ETERNAL PRAISE AND THE NATIONS (Revelation 7) (part 2) Last month we considered God’s heart FOR the nations. This month we will see how that results in: ETERNAL PRAISE FROM THE NATIONS THE GOAL John Piper draws some important insights from Romans 15 along these lines. Paul writes there: For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in […]

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ETERNAL PRAISE: Reflections from Revelation (3)

Glory of God, Praise, Revelation

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 13, No. 7 (July 2018) THE GOD OF OUR ETERNAL PRAISE(Revelation 1) (part 3) OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S REVELATION OF HIMSELF AND HIS GRACE: “…to Him be GLORY and DOMINION forever and ever. Amen.”(Revelation 1:6) The God of our eternal praise is the God of glory and dominion. HE’S THE GOD OF GLORY But of course, to proclaim, “to Him be glory” or to “give God glory”

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The Worship of All Creation

Creation, Praise

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 12, No. 1 (January 2017) “The meaning of the universe is God going public for the glory of God.”(John Piper) CREATION’S PRAISE Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the LORD,for He comes to judge the earth. (1 Chronicles 16:33) The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. (Psalm 19:1) Let heaven and earth praise Him,the seas and

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THE PSALMS: Israel’s Hymnbook . . . and Ours (Part 2)

David, Old Testament, Praise, Psalms, Word and Worship

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)

David, Old Testament, Praise, Psalms

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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SPOKEN WORSHIP: Congregational Readings (part 1)

Ascension, Christmas, Church, Name(s) of God, Praise, Psalms, Reformation, Word and Worship

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 7 (July 2015) Participatory worship involves more than singing, of course. The people of God can lift their voices to express their hearts through various types of readings as well. 1. SCRIPTURE Paul’s command to Timothy, “Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture” (1 Timothy 4:13) can and should certainly extend beyond the pastoral role. The power of God’s Word read, perhaps even more so

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WORSHIP ACCORDING TO THE PSALMS (Part 5: Psalms 121-150)

Old Testament, Praise, Psalms

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 4 (April 2015) “I want to stress what I think that we (or at least I) need more [than instruction they about sacrifice]; the joy and delight in God which meet us in the Psalms. . . . These poets knew far less reason than we for loving God. They did not know that He offered them eternal joy; still less that He would die to

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WORSHIP ACCORDING TO THE PSALMS (Part 3: Psalms 61-90)

Old Testament, Praise, Psalms

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 1 (January 2015) The Psalms, Israel’s hymnal, is a special gift to the New Testament people of God as well, as a source of comfort, inspiration, and texts for prayer and singing. 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

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WORSHIP ACCORDING TO THE PSALMS (Part 2: Psalms 31–60)

Old Testament, Praise, Psalms

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 9, No. 12 (December 2014) We continue from October our look at facets of worship that are displayed in Israel’s hymnbook, the Psalms. The intent is not to expound exhaustively each Psalm, of course, but simply to highlight one major perspective on worship that can be seen in each. WORSHIP IS . . . (Psalm 31) . . . trustfully waiting on the Lord to deliver and bless.(Psalm 32) . .

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Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 15) (Conclusion)

False Worship/Idolatry, Glory of God, New Testament, Praise, Priority of Worship, Revelation

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 9, No. 9 (September 2014) 19. SCENES OF WORSHIP IN REVELATION (Part 2) d. A Great Multitude (Revelation 7:9-12 ) After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud

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