Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 3)

Christ and Worship, Christmas, Glory of God, Heart Worship, Music, Praise, Psalms, Revelation and Response

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 7 (July 2013) 3. WORSHIP SONGS, ATTITUDES AND ACTS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE  a.     Christmas Canticles (Luke 1–2) A canticle is defined by the dictionary as “a song or chant, esp. a hymn containing words derived from the Bible.” These four inspired and poetic psalms of praise, uttered by different figures in Luke’s account of the birth of Christ, have been set to music […]

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Important New Testament Worship Passages (Part 1)

Heart Worship, Lifestyle Worship, New Testament, Priority of Worship, Revelation and Response

WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 5 (May 2013) 1. GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF WORSHIP IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW a.   Exclusive worship Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For

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Important Old Testament Worship Passages (Part 4)

Glory of God, Heaven, Holiness, Old Testament, Praise, Revelation and Response

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 17th in the series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 8, No. 3 (March 2013) 18. Isaiah 6:1-8 Revelation and Response In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. “The earthly throne was empty, but not the heavenly one!” (Joseph Lee) A. W. Tozer observed: Every glimpse of heaven shows [God’s creatures] worshiping: Ezekiel 1:1-5, the creatures

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Worship in Old Testament History (Part 3)

Christ and Worship, Israel, Revelation and Response

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 6th in the series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 3 (March 2012) This month we continue to examine worship during the Patriarchal period of Israel’s history. 2.  The Patriarchal Period (Genesis 12–50) c.  JACOB 1) Jacob growing into a worshiper The life of Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, is itself a picture of the nation that would be named after

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Worship in Old Testament History (Part 2)

Music, Revelation and Response

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 5th in the series WORSHIP NOTES Volume 7, No. 2 (February 2012)  This month we continue to survey the practice and themes of worship found in Israel’s history as recorded in the pages of the Old Testament. Here, as throughout all Scripture, we will see the pattern of Revelation and Response as the paradigm for all of God’s dealings with mankind. God always takes

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IMPORTANT THEMES in Old Testament Worship

Name(s) of God, Old Testament, Revelation and Response

THEME: Worship in the Old Testament, 1st in a series  WORSHIP NOTES Volume 6, No. 9 (September 2011) 1. Worship as RESPONSE a. response to REVELATION God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘TheLord, the God of your fathers, the God of

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EMERGENCY! The Primacy of the Word in Worship

Revelation and Response, Word and Worship

THEME: Worship and the Word WORSHIP NOTES Volume 6, No. 8 (August 2011) I see these monthly installments as primarily a teaching medium, but this month I feel the urge to preach a little. I’m concerned. Concerned by what I’ve seen, heard, and read about as far as the place of the Scriptures in our services. Worship is not just music. Yet, as has often been pointed out, today music

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