Worship

Worship: The Role of Preaching

Tim Bertolet
Nov 11, 2015
When you ask the average churchgoer about worship, very rarely will they respond with a discussion on preaching. In fact, particularly for those of us who are pastors, when a person asks you “what style of worship does your church have?” very rarely are they think about what the sermon looks like...

Worship: What Can We Sing?

Jeffrey Waddington
Nov 9, 2015
One of the hallmarks of Presbyterian and Reformed churches (including Reformed Baptist congregations) is our approach to corporate public worship. While we affirm the importance of private and family worship, the emphasis has usually fallen on public worship. Public worship is not optional and what...

Worship

Jonathan Master
Nov 7, 2015
This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is again joined by Rev. Terry Johnson, who is Senior Minister at Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, GA. Rev. Johnson has written many books, including Catechizing Our Children , The Case for Traditional Protestantism , and Reformed...

The Death of the Evening Service

Mark Jones
Oct 29, 2015
At the church where I minister, we have a morning and an evening service, both of which are practically identical in their order and form. As far as I am aware, we are one of the few Presbyterian churches in Canada who have both services on the Lord's Day. In America, from what I am told, more and...

The World in the Church 2: Ordinary World, Ordinary Church?

Garry Williams
Oct 22, 2015
My first article began with the observation that Satan ambitiously aims to attack the church at the very points that are intended by God for its defence. He seeks to bring the world into the church through its elders, and at the heart of its public worship. Having considered the growing problem of...

The World in the Church 2: Ordinary World, Ordinary Church?

Garry Williams
Oct 22, 2015
My first article began with the observation that Satan ambitiously aims to attack the church at the very points that are intended by God for its defence. He seeks to bring the world into the church through its elders, and at the heart of its public worship. Having considered the growing problem of...

The World in the Church: A Distracted World, a Distracted Church?

Garry Williams
Oct 12, 2015
How does the world get inside the church? The prince of this world is not modest in his schemes or unambitious in his aspirations: his attack on the Son of God reveals the insane over-reach of his pride. Sometimes he might use subtle and insidious means, but he is just as capable of attacking the...

The World in the Church: A Distracted World, a Distracted Church?

Garry Williams
Oct 12, 2015
How does the world get inside the church? The prince of this world is not modest in his schemes or unambitious in his aspirations: his attack on the Son of God reveals the insane over-reach of his pride. Sometimes he might use subtle and insidious means, but he is just as capable of attacking the...

In Defense of the Ass: Is the Sermon a "Relic of the Reformation?"

Michael Glodo
Apr 27, 2015
This is the first half of Mike Glodo's article, the second of which will come later in the week ~ Editor . Recently I was presented with a question about preaching. "Given that contemporary communication studies show that people learn better with a Q&A format, should we abandon the traditional...

In Defense of the Ass: Is the Sermon a "Relic of the Reformation?"

Michael Glodo
Apr 27, 2015
This is the first half of Mike Glodo's article, the second of which will come later in the week ~ Editor . Recently I was presented with a question about preaching. "Given that contemporary communication studies show that people learn better with a Q&A format, should we abandon the traditional...