Archive for December, 2007
What Is Worship, questions
Sunday, December 30, 2007—One of the readers of this blog sent me a very honest question about worship. Here is part of that e-mail and my response:
Hello Bryan,
I have been reading your blog on Mark12ministrie’s and I have a question about “What is Worship” definition.
The definition that you gave was no doubt accurate, but it [...]
Worship Wars3: Problems With Bible Readings
Sunday, December 30, 2007– So far in my writings on the Worship Wars I witnessed in a small, elderly, bi-vocational SBC church I have given a definition of worship (which needs more work) and a brief history of the development of diversity in worship and then I described the worship at the church where I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Worship Wars2: Traditional Worship
Thursday, December 27, 2007– In this series of posts I will be examining worship in the small, elderly, bi-vocational church, based upon my 15 tumultuous years of pastoring a church like this. In the first posting I gave a definition of worship and a brief examination/summary of changes in worship through the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Worship Wars 1: What Is Worship?
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Christmas Day– Well this is not going to be a Christmas message, per se. I am simply beginning to write some stories of when I was pastoring with the idea being to bring some degree of healing and understanding. If these stories can help me express my faith and possibly encourage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Archeologist and the Manger
Sunday, December 23, 2007– When I was growing up I frequently fantasized about various professions I wanted to have as an adult. Certainly the dominant daydream was to be a soldier, and that dream was fulfilled for about 8 years. Another dream was to be an astronaut for I grew up watching the Mercury, Gemini [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Archbishop & the Christmas Star
Friday, December 21, 2007– After the article yesterday by the Archbishop of Canterbury, here is an article about a professor at Notre Dame who is using science to attempt to show the plausibility of the Christmas Star that the wise men followed to find Jesus. I have seen several other attempts by astronomers to show [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Archbishop & the Nativity
Thursday, December 20, 2007– The Archbishop of Canterbury claims in an interview that not much of the traditional nativity story is true, rather it lies in the realm of legend. In the story below (linked) Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, dissects the traditional Christmas story, paying particular attention to the 3 wise men. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Golden Compass Lags at Box Office, Updated 1-2-08
Wednesday, January 2, 2008– Here is the link to a good, brief review in World Magazine. He makes an excellent point about why the movie did not do as well as it could have, and how deceptive the movie maker’s goals were:
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/13604Wednesday, December 19th, 2007–In a previous couple of posts I discussed the Nicole Kidman [...]
Judah’s Blessing & Christmas
Tuesday, December 18, 2007— So far in our studies in the last few chapters of Genesis, using RC Sproul’s TableTalk as a guide, we have looked at the blessings of Jacob upon Manasseh and Ephraim, Reuben, Simeon and Levi. Now we turn to Judah and the messianic hope that would come through his tribe.
Judah is [...]
Anger and Murder
Sunday, December 9, 2007—Yesterday I started discussing the “blessing” Jacob gave Simeon and Levi; today I want to pursue that further. The incident that led to this “blessing” is recorded in Gen.34 which actually precedes the incident with Reuben sleeping with Bilha in ch.35. Simeon’s and Levi’s sister, Dinah (she too was a daughter of [...]
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