Course: 3. Worship in the Old Testament (Amharic)
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Temple to Temple(s)
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 18, Nr. 3 (March 2023) Israel One of the promises and blessings granted to the covenant people of God in the Mosaic Covenant was His special presence in their midst. Hence, once the Tabernacle is finished we read: So Moses finished the work.Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. (Exodus 40:33-34) Similarly, when Solomon completed construction of
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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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GOD’S RELATIONAL PRESENCE: The Heart of the Biblical Story
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 4 (April 2020) “The triune God desires a personal relationship with His people and so makes His presence known to establish and cultivate this relationship. . . .This relational presence of God lies at the heart of the Bible’s overall message.”(J. Scott Duvall and J Daniel Hays, God’s Relational Presence:The Cohesive Center of Biblical Theology, 325) Gen. 2—3 (fellowship with God in the garden) Gen.
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Worship in a Time of Pandemic
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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EMMANUEL: God with Us
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 11 (November 2015) God is the almighty Creator of the universe; the Bible calls Him “the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords; who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:15-16). And yet – wonder of wonders! – this infinite God has condescended to be with us. “God with us” – in the Hebrew “Emmanuel” –
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ALL THINGS NEW: Revelation Hope
WORSHIP NOTES Volume 10, No. 6 (June 2015) The following powerful summary and celebration of the message of the Book of Revelation was presented in word and song at special Palm Sunday services on Sunday, March 29, 2015, with readers, congregation, choir and orchestra at First Evangelical Church in Memphis, Tennessee. A video recording of the service can be accessed HERE. And the service program can be found HERE. HEAR
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