WORSHIP NOTES Volume 15, No. 9 (September 2020) For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him.That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for His glory.(2 Corinthians 1:20) In this amazing little verse Paul summarizes the entire dynamic of God’s work on our behalf in Christ, and our response to His gracious provision: “YES” and “AMEN.” The essence of New Testament […]
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 NOTES Volume 14, No. 12 (December 2019) And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that He answered them well, asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 9 (September 2019) God’s Work, God’s (and Our) Rest God created over six days, and on the seventh day “He rested from all His work that He had done”(Genesis 2:2b), precisely because “He had finished His work that He had done”(2:2a) Bonhoeffer maintains, “In the Bible ‘rest’ really means more than ‘having a rest.’ It means rest after the work is accomplished, it means
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 8 (August 2019) The Principle at Work New Testament Examples “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.”“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 7 (July 2019) The Principle at Work Further Old Testament Examples Genesis 4 /After the entry of sin into the human race through the Fall in Genesis 3, the very next chapter relates the first murder, of Abel by his brother Cain (and it takes place in the context of worship: worship has already been corrupted; cf. Romans 1:25): In the course of time Cain
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 14, No. 6 (June 2019) What Matters Most When Christians think about Old Testament worship, the tendency is to automatically invoke images of the complex system of Israel’s worship centering on its ornate Tabernacle, with its priests, ritual sacrifices and festivals. While this system was instituted and carried out according to the explicit and detailed commands of God (communicated to Moses on Mount Sinai), we miss God’s
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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 12, No. 11 (November 2017) Here are the books that over the years have most impacted my understanding of worship. THE CENTRALITY OF WORSHIP The first, and ultimately the most influential, is: About 25 years our missions pastor walked across the hall and showed me the first edition of this book. It was the first Piper book I ever read, and I would never be the same.
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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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WORSHIP NOTES Volume 11, No. 9 (September 2016) Last month we looked at the importance of theology for worship (that is, a biblical understanding of worship). This month we want to look at it the other way around and consider the importance of worship for theology. In any of our biblical study as believers, whether it be in Bible school, in seminary, in Sunday School, or in our own private study, it
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