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In this workshop W. David O. Taylor and participants explored how the ostensibly obscene language of the curse psalms occupies the same basic territory as profane language. They discussed how the psalmist uses hyperbolic profane language in order to give faithful expression to profane experiences—experiences that violate human dignity and that desecrate God’s good purposes for the world.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
