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Lent Resources Quick Guide

February 22, 2012 in Spirituality, Theology with 3 Comments

Dealing with information overload? Here’s some great resources and recommendations for observing Lent (from today through Easter).

1. Video: Ash Wednesday & Lent in Two Minutes

This is fun, fast, thorough. You can stop here if you want. Love this video.

2. Lent Ideas by Laura Riggs.

Laura has GREAT links and ideas for the whole family.

…  I’m enjoying studying different aspects of Christianity. Is Lent necessary? Am I going to hell if I don’t participate? No. Can it be a form of legalism? Yep. But so many things in the church can become legalistic if we let them. If used as a time to pause and reflect, to “be still and know that I am God,”  I think it can be very helpful, at least in my life.

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Ash Wednesday, Lent & Church Calendar

February 21, 2012 in Theology with 3 Comments

Practical Theology of Worship

This post continues the series Practical Theology of Worship.

“God is into calendar.”  - Don Finto

From the beginning of the institution of formal worship in the Old Testament, God has used the rhythms, patterns and seasons of life to engage His people. As we chose to draw near to Him, He reveals more of  Himself to us.

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Actions And Attitudes: 10 Hebrew Words for Praise & Worship

February 2, 2012 in Theology with 0 Comments

This post is a continuation of the Practical Theology of Worship series. Check out all the articles in this epic series here.

The Hebrew words translated as “praise” or “bless” have a deeper meaning than is conveyed in English. They instruct, command or imply the worshiper is to take specific physical action.

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Wholehearted Prayer: Keep It Real

January 18, 2012 in Practical Advice, Spirituality, Theology with 1 Comment

God where are you?

My personal worship plan this year includes listening to the Daily Audio Bible. Reading through the narrative of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, once again we see that the Bible is a book full of messy stories.

This post reflects on David’s prayer song in Psalm 13. Let’s call his theme “Keeping It Real”.

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Christmas, The Incarnation, You and Me

December 20, 2011 in Theology with 0 Comments

Practical Theology of Worship Series 

God becomes man, a divine mystery.

This post is part of the "Practical Theology of Worship" series. See more articles here.

God is into calendar. He reveals Himself is through the rhythms, patterns and seasons of life.

So as I write this, there's only 4 more shopping days until Christmas. Christians have observed the four weekends of Advent. It's a season to remember and reflect on the Incarnation, the man Jesus also called Emmanuel, "God with us".

So ... what if God really was One Of Us ? (You GenX-ers should remember this one)

That song makes me think more deeply about the incarnation every time I hear it.

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Top 12 Blog Posts For October/November

November 30, 2011 in Practical Advice, Theology with 0 Comments

Here’s a shameless plug for worship dude’s favorite posts in the months of October and November. Check some of these out.

  1. Song Story: Faithful

  2. Worship Evaluation Series

  3. A Wholehearted Worshiping Community

  4. Biblical Foundations: 7 Big Ideas

  5. 3 Steps of Organic Mentoring

  6. 6 Resources for Personal Worship

  7. The Trinity, The Beatles, and Love Love Love

  8. What’s Your Story?

  9. How To Plan and Lead Heavenly Worship Team Rehearsals

  10. Everybody Worships, All The Time

  11. Steve Jobs and Making A Difference

  12. The Standard Answer

Why Give Thanks?

November 22, 2011 in Spirituality, Theology with 4 Comments

Practical Theology of Worship Series 

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His faithful love endures forever. PS 118:1

The command to be thankful, to “give thanks” permeates scripture, appearing over 40 times.  It is a foundational heart attitude that God requires.

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6 Resources for Personal Worship

November 16, 2011 in Resources, Theology with 4 Comments

Practical Theology Of Worship Series

In this series we’ve discussed some ideas for personal worship such as “psalming”.

In this post I’d like to recommend some websites as resources for enriching your personal worship experience. My interests and recommendations are quite diverse, I hope you find these helpful. I use one or more of these in my personal devotions just about every day. Continue Reading…

Definitions of Worship

November 15, 2011 in Theology with 1 Comment

Practical Theology Of Worship Series

In a previous series post we looked at What Is Worship: 3 Organizing Scriptures to organize our understanding.

Today I’d like to feature my friend and fellow IWS alumni JIm Altizer who has a great website and series of teaching videos on worship.

VIDEO: Worship Defined

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Biblical Foundations of Worship: 7 Big Ideas Video

October 28, 2011 in Theology with 0 Comments

Practical Theology Of Worship Series

This short video (less than 4 minutes) is a summary of the main ideas from “7 Big Ideas of Biblical Worship” , a comprehensive framework of the major themes of biblical worship. Read that post for the full overview. I was trying to present these ideas an informal, casual way.

This post is a continuation of the Practical Theology Of Worship Series.

Video: The autumn colors are beautiful in Tennessee!

The 7 Big Ideas are:

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