Worship
A Directory of Worship: The Beginning
May 8, 2015
The key thrust of a new preface must be the same as that of all the genuine Reformed directories and service books: we must worship as God directs in His Word.
Read MoreThe Struggle of Sanctification in the Psalms: Part I
January 13, 2014
Office Hours continues talks with Dr. Bryan D. Estelle about the struggle of sanctification in the Psalms.
Read MoreThe Trials and Tasks of Ministry: David Strain
August 5, 2013
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.
Read MoreMedia Ecology and Ministry
July 8, 2013
Office Hours talks with Rev. Dr. Gregory Edward Reynolds about media ecology and ministry.
Read MoreOur Profoundest Oxymoron
April 12, 2012
An exploration of the relationship between music and culture.
Read MoreA Study of Worship
August 19, 2011
We must remember that theology and worship are inseparably linked, therefore where there is no Reformed worship there can be no Reformed theology.
Read MoreReformed Worship
September 22, 2010
Terry Johnson, pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia, talks about Reformed worship.
Read MorePsalm 95
May 13, 2010
Prominent themes of biblical revelation are joined to help us better understand our covenantal relationship with God.
Read MoreSinging Christ into Our Hearts
March 1, 2010
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.
Read MorePsalm 100
February 11, 2010
Why and how the Christ-confessing covenant community gathers for public worship.
Read MoreCalvin and the Worship of God
April 1, 2007
It is ironic that many Reformed people today are either not acquainted with or do not follow Calvin's view of worship.
Read More2005 Annual Conference: “Christ at the Center”
January 30, 2005
Worship: Evangelical or Reformed?
April 1, 2002
There are substantive differences between evangelical and Reformed churches on worship.
Read MorePsalms, Hymns, and Watts
January 13, 2001
There are parallels between the new hymnody of the present day and the state of church music in the late seventeenth century.
Read MorePsalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
March 13, 2000
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?
Read MoreBeyond Style Wars – Recovering the Substance of Worship
April 1, 1999
While there is freedom with respect to the circumstances of worship, we can no longer design worship according to our own specifications.
Read MoreThe Importance of Preaching
January 1, 1992
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.
Read MoreThe Triumph of Vulgarity
September 24, 1991
How Christians are to thoughtfully engage with pop culture.
Read MoreBlessings
September 3, 1991
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.
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