Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Worship being defined as giving something worth-to demonstratively attribute value especially to God. How does one demonstrate one’s valuation of God without making a sacrificial offering? Can there be worship without sacrifice? Christ be…
We’ve done a lot of listening and learning the week after Easter. We at Church Answers are grateful for consulting and coaching clients and for the large community at Church Answers Central. Though our information is more anecdotal rather than data-bas…
For years, the conventional wisdom has been that increasing the number of worship services is the best path to go. You rarely heard leaders advocating decreasing the number of services. The concern is that the reduction of choices results in lower over…
Are the worship wars over? While the answer is not definitive, we see signs that the post-quarantine world may include an unexpected benefit: worship wars are waning. While our evidence is anecdotal at this point, it is still worth looking at five sign…
Pastor-scholar Tony Richie says there is no Jewish-Christian-Muslim God. Nor is there a simple answer to the “Same God” question. When people realize I participate in interreligious dialogue and cooperative efforts they often ask me some version of the question in the main title of this post.[1] If I manage to mention that I have […]
Jason Moore says churches should stop beginning their worship with boring announcements and instead give worshipers an overview of what’s coming and why it matters to them. Announcements can be reframed as action steps flowing from the theme of the ser…
Andrew Wilson, Spirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018), 140 pages, ISBN 9780310534675. Andrew Wilson has written a highly readable, engaging volume seeking the integration of the streams that are regularly treated as contrastive: sacrament and Spirit. It is not that these are actually contrastive, but too many folks […]
book reviews 379 Andy Park, Lester Ruth, and Cindy Rethmeier Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard: the Emergence of Contemporary Worship (Grand Rapids,mi: Eerdmans, 2017)….
In this video, I share about the third stage of worship–the deepest and highest experiences of worship in the Holy of Holies–the Holiest Place…
Remembering the east coast may God have mercy on us and help us
Do you desire to go deeper and higher in your worship of God our Father and Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? This video…
Some people try to rush into the presence of God, but pressing into intimacy in God’s presence flows through three stages based on tabernacle…