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Salt and Light is a worship service from the Calvin Symposium on Christian Worship 2013. The sermon is taken from Matthew 5:13-16.
Knowing who and whose they are helps illiterate Christians pass on their faith to the next generation.
Pastors, teachers, and church musicians share tips.
God’s Word is alive and active in Pakistan.
Knowing how the Bible hangs together helps Christians join God in the drama of redemption. The new Lift Up Your Hearts hymnal helps worshipers sing the biblical meta-narrative.
Singing psalms helps persecuted Christians in Pakistan keep the faith.
A copy of the Sermon on the Mount image is available for download. The artist, Betsy Steele Halstead, comments on how the photo was made.
Because life is a sheer gift from God, one we never deserved. The appropriate response, therefore, is to do two things: to take delight in the gift, to revel in and to savor it; and then, in response to bless the Giver with lavish thanks.
A video lecture on The Biblical Psalms in Christian Worship: Overlapping Scripts in the Unfolding Drama of Liturgical Performance
James Abbington discusses the new hymnal Psalms for All Seasons.
A set of resources for the Sermon on the Mount.
Elizabeth “Beth” Broschart is the pastor at First Presbyterian Church, a small congregation in Boyne City, Michigan. Before that, she pastored a small church in Pennsylvania and helped lead music in churches where her husband was the pastor. In this edited email conversation, she talks about the joys and challenges of planning music in small congregations.
