Worship as Covenant Renewal (Bible Study)
While we cannot find either a precise order of worship or rules for the practice of worship in the Bible, we can discover much about the nature of worship by stepping into events of worship that are described in Scripture.
October 19, 2010
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8 min read
The Service of the Lord's Supper (Bible Study)
This Bible study explores the sacrament of Communion.
October 19, 2010
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8 min read
Issues in Worship Renewal (II) (Bible Study)
Perhaps you have seen examples of churches that have become more vital than ever through an examination of their worship life, and perhaps you have also seen churches that have been damaged by worship conflicts. What can we do to be sure of the one and not the other?
October 19, 2010
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8 min read
The Uniqueness of Reformed Worship (Bible Study)
This Bible Study explores the questions: What really is worship? And what is the unique perspective that the Reformed faith can bring to our thinking about worship?
October 19, 2010
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6 min read
Coop's Column - Prone to Wander
Rarely—almost never—do married persons make it their aim to get into an extra-marital relationship—to have an “affair.”
September 24, 2010
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3 min read
Coop's Column - Glorify the Lord with Me
Modernity has a kind of airy weightlessness, a lack of seriousness and significance. So, when it comes to the matter of “setting their minds on things eternal”—that is, of paying any heed to the world beyond sight and sound—most contemporary people are pretty breezy and airy.
September 17, 2010
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3 min read
Coop's Column - Declaration of Dependence
To be human is to be in need—in need of God and of one another. And to remain fully human—indeed, to flourish in it—requires that we stay in touch with, remain keenly aware of, that need.
September 10, 2010
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3 min read
Coop's Column - A Heart-Stoppingly Grand Invitation
In his Word God declares that it is he, the Almighty Maker of heaven and earth, who welcomes his creatures into his presence and invites them to worship him.
August 30, 2010
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2 min read
Coop's Column - Jesus Yes-Church Yes!
In the Western hemisphere, especially in Europe and considerable sections of North America, vigorous contempt toward and sleepy disregard of the Christian church are widespread and increasing at an ever-accelerating rate.
August 23, 2010
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2 min read
Coop's Column - Simply Fellow Strugglers
My years as chaplain among college students have convinced me that many young people suffer from what I call the "immortality virus": "Death-accidents, illness, and weakness, too-can, and sometimes do, happen to others. But it won't -read: cannot- happen to me." Or so they foolishly imagine.
August 16, 2010
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2 min read
Coop's Column - O!
It's easy just to go through the motions of love without one's heart really being in it.
August 9, 2010
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3 min read
Coop's Column - God Everlasting!
Learning what it means to be human involves learning to locate one’s place in the grander scheme of things—to figure out where one “fits.”
August 2, 2010
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3 min read
