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Pardon & Praise: Worship Calmly Considered
Vol. 5, No. 1 • Jan/Feb 1996
“It is possible that, some day soon, an advertising man who must create a television commercial for a new California Chardonnay will have the following inspiration: Jesus is standing alone in a desert oasis. A gentle breeze flutters the leaves of the stately palms behind him. Soft Mideastern music caresses the air. Jesus holds in […]
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Is Style Neutral?
“It is possible that, some day soon, an advertising man who must create a television commercial for a new California Chardonnay will have the following inspiration: Jesus is standing alone in a desert oasis. A gentle breeze flutters the leaves of the stately palms behind him. Soft Mideastern music caresses the air. Jesus holds in […]
A Form For Divine Worship
Recently, I have been thinking through the possibilities of a modern Reformed liturgy. After working through the trail of worship books from the Old World to the New, from the sixteenth century to the twentieth, the following service resulted and is one of three forms we now use. It is not imposed on the folks […]
The Law & the Gospel in the Liturgy
The Two-Fold Word “The Word of God is living and active” (Heb 4:12), the “Spirit-ed,” exhalation out of the mouth of God, who breaths out his life-giving breath into lifeless clay and makes man a living being. Through the Word all things were created, and by the same Word all creation is sustained and preserved. […]
Morning Prayer
“The Lord be with you.” “And with thy spirit.” There are Episcopalians and then there are Episcopalians. “The Lord is in his holy temple: Let all the earth keep silence before him.” Some Episcopalians are recently converted Baptists. They are like famished people who have been adrift three months in a life raft. When they […]
What Does It Mean to Praise?
Some weeks ago I attended a worship service in another state. While I was reading through the bulletin and looking at the order of worship, I was surprised to see a section of the service that had just the heading “P&W.” I knew that I was getting old and was out of touch, but I […]
Why Evangelicals Think They Hate Liturgy
One of the common ways of configuring the world of American Protestantism is to divide it along the lines of worship practice. Accordingly, there are liturgical and non-liturgical churches. What makes communions liturgical is their use of prayer books, set forms for worship, ministers dressing in garb different from the congregation (gowns or robes), an […]
