Studying what the Bible has to say about worship changed the course of my life in a profound way. The next part of that journey is this new blog series: “Practical Theology of Worship”. Although I’ve been teaching about worship internationally for a while. I believe God is doing a new thing, do you? Let’s [...]
What does the Bible say about worship? Welcome! This is the first article in the series “Practical Theology of Worship”. First, let’s recognize the study of worship is a huge and inexhaustible subject. It’s like trying to study God himself. Â This, of course, is an overwhelming endeavor because our minds are much too [...]
Are you fasting? It’s been a struggle for me. Since we’re in the middle of Lent, maybe you’re like me and need encouragement to keep at it. Fasting is “declining food for a spiritual purpose” or an “appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God”. Jesus warns us not to “make a performance out of it.” [...]
This is a video of student feedback after the Worship & Intercession seminar I just finished teaching at Youth With A Mission (YWAM/Nashville) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBANedABHuc Some comments from the video: “The whole thing was really great” “I didn’t realize there was so much to worship and intercession … ” “showed me a lot of things I [...]
This week I’m teaching on worship and intercession at the Youth With A Mission base in Adams, TN. Great students, great staff! It’s exciting to see how God uses young people to share the gospel throughout the world. Wednesday morning the entire base worshiped and interceded for Japan. It was a nice [...]
The purpose of this blog is to encourage wholehearted worship worldwide. Wednesday night we experienced a beautiful and meaningful Ash Wednesday service. This was new for us, our roots being Baptist, Methodist and Contemporary Non-Denominational. Although I developed an appreciation of Ancient-Future spirituality through IWS , we had never actually attended a real live service [...]
