Worship or The Word: Which is More Important in Church?   In my three decades-plus being involved in various aspects of church, and having been raised in the more charismatic persuasions of church, from time to time the question comes up about what our focus should really be when God’s people gather for corporate worship.  In a perfect church world there would be awesome worship combined with deep, compelling, and challenging...

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There has always been those who denounce the celebration of the birth of Jesus, most notably the Free Presbyterians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Puritans.  But I have run into a few people within the circles of “Christendom” myself who do not belong to these groups but who also have some reservations about Christmas.  I think after reading this post all concerns about celebrating the birth of Jesus on the grounds of participating...

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Sometimes I hear people say, “Our church is under attack; we need to pray.”  Well, here’s two obvious observations about that.   First, most every church – if they are doing the work of the Kingdom at all – is under attack all the time, not just some of the time.  We are, after all, engaged in a titanic conflict that has been waged since the Garden.  The entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation speaks of a spiritual war that is being fought...

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