Posts Tagged ‘devotional’

Recommended Reading: Art and the Bible

24, Jan 2010

Recently, Josh brought back a great book from an IV worship arts conference. It is two essays written by Francis A. Schaeffer, on the biblical principles on which arts and worship are based. If you want to borrow it to read it, ask him or myself. Or, check the Amazon link below. Excerpt: But David [...]

Submission to God

11, Oct 2009

Bibliotheca sacra 140 no 558 Ap-Je 1983, p 117-133.  writes: The phrase “take up his cross” is a figure of speech derived from the Roman custom requiring a man convicted of rebellion against Rome’s sovereign rule to carry the cross-beam (patibulum) to his place of execution. Thus the proper starting point is the historical basis [...]

Highest Regard

5, Oct 2009

Ron Hutchcraft writes: It hurts to make something special for someone you love – and then to give it and have it go unnoticed and unappreciated. God knows that feeling. There’s not a day that goes by that He doesn’t give us special gifts from His hand. As James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect [...]

Deliver and Rescue

28, Sep 2009

God is worthy of praise! For, He is a God who goes ahead of us in battle and brings future blessing. God is the One who will deliver us and rescue us. The intensity of the Psalmist leads him to declare that he will sing a new song to the Lord. NIDOTTE writes: Mention is [...]

Music and Theology

16, Sep 2009

Read: Colossians 3:15-17 What is the relationship between music and theology in this passage? How is teaching and singing an expression of God’s Word dwelling within us? What does this have to do with our function as a member of the body?

Ezekiel 43 – Worship In The Temple

18, Aug 2009

Read: Ezekiel 43:10-12 How did the description of the Temple lead people to worship God? How can the symbolism of the Temple help us to worship God today?

Psalm 19 – Worship Without Words

18, Aug 2009

Read:  Psalm 19:1-6 God’s glory is overflowingly declared by the heavens.  Shining forth in radiance, the story is told, yet not a word is spoken.  Not a syllable, not a single sound.  It goes everywhere, throughout all edges of existence.  The sun which sleeps at night and wakes up in the morning shouts forth God’s [...]


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