Metanarratives and Identity: The Challenge and Opportunity of Colossians
In this session Scott Hoezee talks with Marianne Meye Thompson about her Colossians commentary and most particularly about the sweeping claims Paul makes regarding Christ. How does Paul's metanarrative fit in a world that promotes not one, but a diversity of stories, and how does Paul's call to find our identity in the Christ of this grand narrative sound to people today? The session also explores how to preach and teach this message in our present context.
February 10, 2023
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70 min video
Worship Service: A Chosen and Thankful People
A service of the word and table based on Colossians 3:12-17. The service is led by Laura de Jong, preaching; Ron Rienstra; and Western Theological Seminary Chapel Stewards, past and present [Holland, Michigan].
February 10, 2023
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1 min read
Engaging in Communal Worship: Psalms and Psalm-singing
This third session is part of “Experiencing the Contours of Early Modern Worship,” a series of five linked sessions bringing participants into the world of Reformation Europe. What was it like to attend worship in Wittenberg in 1530, Geneva in 1550, London in 1570, or Venice in 1590? When people in different confessional contexts joined in worship and participated in the sacrament in this period, what differences and similarities were there? Join Yudha Thianto [Calvin Theological Seminary] and Karin Maag [Meeter Center] in an encounter with the theory and practice of congregational song in the Reformation era with a particular focus on psalm-singing.
February 9, 2023
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60 min video
Worship Service: Rooted in Christ
A worship service based on Colossians 2:6-15. The service is led by Marshall E. Hatch, preaching; Nate Glasper; Lisa Sung; and the Calvin University Gospel Choir.
February 9, 2023
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1 min read
La vida cristiana: Una liturgia para la gloria de Dios
Por tanto, imiten a Dios, como hijos muy amados, y lleven una vida de amor, así como Cristo nos amó y se entregó por nosotros como ofrenda y sacrificio fragante para Dios.
February 1, 2023
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12 min read
La epístola a los Efesios: Una liturgia integral para adorar al Dios trino
El culto como fuente de identidad, visión y vocación.
January 9, 2023
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10 min read
La adoración en Efesios: hacer de nuestra vida cotidiana un culto de adoración
La vida cristiana: Una liturgia para la gloria de Dios
La adoración en Efesios: hacer de nuestra vida cotidiana un culto de adoración
Por Dr. Mariano Avila Arteaga
November 30, 2022
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12 min read
Rebekah Eklund on Practicing Lament
Congregations become more relevant and biblical when they follow the Bible’s lead in bringing lament into worship. Rebekah Eklund’s book "Practicing Lament" shows churches, small groups, and individuals how to voice penitential lament and protesting lament. Learning to practice lament can reconnect people with God and help churches grow in “members of one body” solidarity.
August 22, 2022
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6 min read
Resources by N.T. Wright Related to Christian Public Worship
Nicholas Thomas Wright, known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He served as research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews in Scotland until 2019, when he became a senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall at the University of Oxford.
July 19, 2022
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1 min video
Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
A reflection on the preaching texts for the 2023 Calvin Symposium on Worship
June 15, 2022
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1 min read
Preaching the Beatitudes
Sermons from Worship Symposium 2022 on the Beatitudes as found in Matthew 5:3-16
March 8, 2022
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15 min video
Shively T. J. Smith on Howard Thurman and Congregational Hermeneutics
Congregations and lay Christians have methods of interpreting the Bible and faith life even if they can't articulate them. Using Howard Thurman’s image-rich meditations, scholar Shively T. J. Smith offers a visual way to reflect on applying the Bible to faith and ordinary life.
January 19, 2022
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7 min read
