There is perhaps no better way to meditate on worship than through the musings of the “lyric theology” in our hymnal. Scriptures for Study: Read your favorite hymn. What Scriptures come to mind? Continue

Four results of worship: God is glorified; Christians are purified; the Church is edified; the world is evangelized. Scriptures for Study: What do these verses in Psalms say about worship: 50:14–15; 22:23; 27:6; 86:9, 12? Continue

Acts 2:42  provides us with four unmistakable features of the public gathering of the Church. Scriptures for Study: Read 1 Corinthians 11:20–26. What observations can you make concerning the Lord’s Supper? Continue

Acts 2:42  provides us with four unmistakable features of the public gathering of the Church. Scriptures for Study: What is the command of Hebrews 10:25?  What observations can you make in the other verses cited today? Continue

We should be warned by three principles: God will not tolerate the worship of a false god, will not accept the worship of Him in the wrong way, will not accept the worship with the wrong attitude. Scriptures for Study: Read the following passages, noting the wrong worship in each:… Continue

Introduces us to a principle that is virtually ignored in much of the Church, namely, what has been called “the regulative principle of worship,” a direct corollary to sola scriptura (Scripture alone). Scriptures for Study: Read the following passages, noting the wrong worship in each: Malachi 1:6–14; 3:13–15. Continue

There is something truly profound about the meaning of the words in both the OT and NT for “worship” and how many Psalms  declare the magnitude of worship. Scriptures for Study: Read the verses listed in Psalms (and others if you wish) and write down your own observations (5:7; 29:2;… Continue

The key word here is reverence. What is the motive of worship? John the Baptist’s words: “He must increase, but I must decrease” (Jn. 3:30). Scriptures for Study: What does Hebrews 12:9 say about reverence? Continue

Here we see the promise, prompting, and permanence of joy. Scriptures for Study: What has blessed you the most in this study of “absolutes”? Continue

This staggering text speaks of affection, affirmation. and application. Scriptures for Study: Read the verses cited above where philos is used for friendship. What observations can you make? Continue