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Category Archives: Fork in the Road
The Fork in the Road: Learning from the History of Worship, Part 4
Abraham Now, harken back to Abraham. He offered sacrifices, including offering his only son. He walked in the very presence of God, talking with him face to face. And he was marked with a sign of his covenant with God. … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: The Instrumental Music Discussion / How to Win the Worship Wars
Tomorrow I post part 4 of the “Learning from the History of Worship” discussion, and that’ll be my last post planned on the instrumental music and Regulative Principle questions for now. That doesn’t mean the topics won’t come up now … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music
15 Comments
The Fork in the Road: Learning from the History of Worship, Part 3
Biblical origins of worship If we were entirely ignorant of the Patristics and the modern American church, we’d struggle to know how to worship based just on the New Testament. We’d see in the Old Testament where true worship only … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: Learning from the History of Worship, Part 2
Synagogue The Jews developed the synagogue sometime after Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the Temple and carried the Jews into Babylonian Captivity. No one knows whether it was then or after the return from exile that the synagogue was invented. In all likelihood, … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Church of Christ Links, Instrumental music, worship
28 Comments
The Fork in the Road: Learning from the History of Worship, Part 1
It occurred to me the other day that our view of worship is largely defined by the Protestant Reformation, which reinvented the assembly in reaction to earlier Catholic practices. The Reformation theory was to return to a biblical understanding of … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: On What God Wants, Continued
[Moved and expanded from the comments] Guy, You ask such interesting questions! How are ceremonies and rituals antithetical to God wanting our love? When God prescribed various ceremonies and rituals to be performed by the Jews of the OT, did … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: Beware the Pattern!
My article “Beware the Pattern!” appeared at New Wineskins earlier today. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew I’d actually read Behold the Pattern! — several times, in fact. For those not familiar with the background, some years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Beware the Pattern, New Wineskins, wineskins
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The Fork in the Road: Does God Deny Forgiveness Until We Repent?
The classic proof text used to argue that we are unforgiven until we specifically repent of each sin and ask for forgiveness is the story of Simon Magus. (Acts 8:14-24) When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: In Reply to Guy (On What God Wants)
[Moved and expanded from the comments] Guy asked, But what “commands” specify how we are to love God? Does love for God collapse into love for neighbor?–IOW, that’s the only command God expects us to obey as a means of … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road: Must We Confess Sin to be Forgiven of Sin?
Recently, I’ve been pretty bold in the comments to declare as “deadly dangerous” and “deeply wrong” the idea that when we sin, we are damned until we obtain forgiveness by confessing, repenting, and asking forgiveness. I thought I should take … Continue reading
