Personal Worship (Page 24)

Hey Church! If you have been tracking with these prepare-for-worship newsletters in recent weeks, you know that we have been tracing the subject of worship through the Scriptures. Our brief survey has examined themes like God’s mediated presence, His desire to dwell among His people, and the use of the Psalms in worship. Today, I want to take a one-week break from that…

Hey Church! The book of Psalms is, for many, a favorite book of the Bible. It is an anthology of prayers and songs written over the span of 1,000 years of Israel’s history, so it grants us access to the thoughts and spiritual lives of King David, Moses, the sons of Korah, and other poets of the time. Thus, reading and re-reading the Psalms over a lifetime trains us to…

Hey Church! Our recent weekend newsletters have traced the subject of worship from the Garden of Eden to the first Temple of Solomon. The central theme that continues to emerge with each new instance of Scripture’s tabernacle/temple motif is this idea that the all-powerful God desires to be…

Hey Church! As we continue in our biblical-theological survey of worship this week, I want to look very briefly at what worship was like in the days of Solomon’s Temple.  King David was inspired to draw up the architectural plans for the first Temple but ultimately God chose his son, Solomon,…

Hey Church! We have been journeying our way through a biblical theology of worship for the past few weeks and today we will take a brief look at Moses’ Tabernacle and what it has to teach us about Jesus.  In John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. The woman asks Jesus…