Category Archives: Real Worship

Worship: Bobby Valentine and Margaret Barker on the Creation as God’s Temple

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Jay F Guin

In a recent Facebook post, Bobby Valentine wrote, In Genesis 1.14 we read, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky … let them be for signs and for seasons.” What the reader does not realize is that … Continue reading →

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Worship: The Temple and Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jay F Guin

To get deeper into the idea of the church as temple, we must first consider the idea of Jesus as temple. This is an idea taught by N. T. Wright in several places and expanded on by Nicholas Perrin in … Continue reading →

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Worship: Bridging the Gap between God and Man

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Jay F Guin

If one of God’s purposes is to bridge the gap between God and man, bringing heaven and earth closer together, and if the Kingdom in its fullness will be earth and heaven joined into one, then worship is anything that … Continue reading →

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Worship: The Distance between God and Man

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Senseis a marvelous book by N. T. Wright. He introduces the idea that the Bible can be read as the narrative of God’s work to unite heaven and earth. In Eden, the two were very close … Continue reading →

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Worship: Adam and Eve as Priests

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Genesis 1 and 2 give a couple of roles to Adam and Eve. In Gen 1:26 and 28, God gives them — dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock … Continue reading →

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Worship: Introduction; Genesis 1

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Introduction I’m in the midst of two series, one on 1 Corinthians and one on the Sermon on the Mount, but I need a break. And what better break could there be than a study on the theology of worship? At … Continue reading →

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Worship: Dressing for the Assembly, by Alexander Campbell

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Jay F Guin

The following is from an 1839 article by Alexander Campbell, “Worshipping Assembles — No. I / The Appearance of Things”: Our meetings of all sorts are greatly defective in many respects, and in none more visibly than in the dress and … Continue reading →

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Real Worship: Part 13: Coping with Selfishness

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Jay F Guin

Churches are always going to be filled with selfish people. If we managed to preach all our members into selflessness, we’d be so attractive that we’d soon have hundreds of converts — who’d be immature Christians and therefore selfish. Unhealthy … Continue reading →

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Real Worship: Part 12: The Assembly Done Right

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Jay F Guin

The goal of the assembly Christian theology is centered on Christ. In particular, God sent Jesus so that God’s children could be formed in the image of Christ. (Gal 4:18-19 ESV) 18 It is always good to be made much … Continue reading →

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Real Worship: Part 11: Contextualization; Surrender

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Jay F Guin

(1Co 9:19-23 ESV) 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. … Continue reading →

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