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Category Archives: Worship
Christians, Liturgy, and the Past—Part 2
Last week I guest posted the first part of a two part discussion of liturgy and the past on the Theopolis Institute, which we also discussed on the latest episode of Mere Fidelity. The second part of the article has just … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Liturgical Theology, Society, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Worship
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Podcast: Liturgical Formation and the Past
Our latest Mere Fidelity podcast is on the subject of liturgical formation and the use of liturgies from the past. It takes up the themes that I address in my Theopolis Institute post from last week and in the post that … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgical Theology, Podcasts, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Worship
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Christians, Liturgy, and the Past—Part 1
I have guest posted over on Theopolis Institute again, this time the first part of a two part series on the need to be reflective about the ways that and reasons why we use historic liturgical traditions in contemporary Christian … Continue reading
Podcast: Pentecost and the Prophetic Gift of the Spirit
As it was Pentecost on Sunday, we decided to take up the themes of Pentecost and the Gift(s) of the Spirit in our latest Mere Fidelity podcast. Matt wasn’t able to join us this week, so Derek, Andrew, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Bible, Christian Experience, Exodus, NT, NT Theology, Numbers, OT, OT Theology, Podcasts, The Church, Theological, Worship
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Podcast: On Women Preaching
In the latest Mere Fidelity Andrew Wilson, Matt Lee Anderson, and I take up Andrew’s recent interactions with John Piper and Tom Schreiner on the question of whether women should preach. Lots of interesting discussion ensues. John Piper’s piece that initially … Continue reading
Review of Beale and Kim’s ‘God Dwells Among Us’
My review of G.K. Beale and Mitchell Kim’s book, God Dwells Among Us went up earlier today over on The Gospel Coalition website. God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden to the Ends of the Earth found its genesis in Greg Beale’s earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Guest Post, My Reading, NT, OT, Reviews, The Church, Theological, Worship
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The Importance of Liturgical Theology
This blog has been fairly inactive over the last few months. That should change over the next week or so, as my time is freeing up again. I have a number of guest posts in the works, along with a … Continue reading
Evangelicalism’s Poor Form
I’ve just guest posted over on Christ & Pop Culture: Whether designed to clarify evangelicalism as an object of study or analysis, or to police its supposed boundaries, definitions of evangelicalism have generally tended to occlude the cultural, institutional, and sociological … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Guest Post, On the web, Society, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Theology, Worship
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A Conversation on Lent, Individualism, and Christian Piety
My friend Jake Meador and I had a wide-ranging e-mail conversation over the last few days. It was posted on Mere Orthodoxy earlier today. It is lengthy, but worth checking out. The following are a few quotations from our discussion to … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, Guest Post, Lent, The Church, Theological, Worship
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Hear Me Out: On Sitting Through Sermons
Donald Miller recently admitted to attending church irregularly. Church services really don’t scratch him where he itches: singing leaves him flat and he doesn’t learn much from sermons. He argues that he is not alone in this, suggesting (controversially) that … Continue reading
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