Worship
Weaned from Worship of God
In my current preaching series through the Kings (1st and 2nd Kings) I have become arrested by the description of Jeroboam’s efforts to wean the inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) from the practice of the worship of God. Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. If…
the God of Sports
It’s that time of year again, “Sundays become optional” for some and the Lord of the sport becomes ruler of the Lord’s Day. This will be interpreted as legalism by some and misunderstood by others that enjoying a sport is somehow considered wrong. It’s not wrong or sinful. It’s not a legalistic position that a…
COBAJUVE: Jesus is Enough
I’m looking forward to laboring with these brothers at West Valley Baptist Church in the SLC area for the next three days. If you are in the area I would enjoy seeing you. Registration begins at 10am, I speak at 1:15pm on Thursday. Again on Friday and Saturday morning.
To Obey is Better
“Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest.” (Judges 17:13 NASB) As a pastor,I must always be on guard to not think like this. Everything that Micah does in this 17th chapter is a step toward idolatry yet he was convinced that his one duty of hiring…
Do You Not Know This?
“Do you not know…” Paul uses this phrase multiple times in his first letter to the church in Corinth. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of…
The Worship of God
Last week I posted five separate posts with five videos on worship from the National Center for Family Integrated Churches. Today, I’ve just simply reposted all five of these videos in one location. The Worship of God conference is this fall at Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ashville, NC on October 31 – November 2, 2013.…
Music in Worship (part 5)
In this video, the discussion is focused on music in worship. Scripture should govern us in how we worship God. Music in Worship from NCFIC on Vimeo.
Preparing for Corporate Worship (part 4)
Men, when your family wakes up on Sunday, do they ask you, “Are we going to church?” or do they arise saying to themselves, “this is what we do and this is where we go.” If they are asking you, “do we have to go to church today?” or “are we going to church today?”…
Worship in the Family (part 3)
In this short video the elements of family worship are considered and explained in a helpful light.