Worship

Office Hours talks with Rev. David Strain about suffering for the sake of the gospel in a mainline national church, his own call to the pastorate, and his recent lectures to our students.

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Office Hours talks with Rev. Dr. Gregory Edward Reynolds about media ecology and ministry.

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An exploration of the relationship between music and culture.

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We must remember that theology and worship are inseparably linked, therefore where there is no Reformed worship there can be no Reformed theology. 

The best hymns of the historic Church, modeled on the Scriptures themselves (especially the Psalms) are rich with godly experience, but experience arising directly and explicitly in view of the mercies of God in his Son. 

Why and how the Christ-confessing covenant community gathers for public worship.

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How the Regulative Principle of Worship must inform Reformed Liturgies.

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There are substantive differences between evangelical and Reformed churches on worship.

There are parallels between the new hymnody of the present day and the state of church music in the late seventeenth century.

Should we determine what we sing in church simply on the basis of what is familiar to us, that is, what we like? Or are there biblical principles that must guide what we sing?

While there is freedom with respect to the circumstances of worship, we can no longer design worship according to our own specifications.

Too often we have trouble placing such a high evaluation on preaching because it does not seem to correspond to our experience.  Many Christians today believe that they came to faith through the witness of family or friends or through a small group Bible study.  They may have heard relatively poor preaching and find it hard to attribute such importance to preaching in general or in their own spiritual development.
 

How Christians are to thoughtfully engage with pop culture.

The importance of the blessings pronounced in our worship is a significant teaching of Scripture that ministers need to insure that the people of God understand its meaning and value.

The ancient worship of the church, which focused on the Psalms and sung without musical accompaniment, was simple, spiritual, and reverent.