Category Archives: Ancient-Future Assembly

God is a creative being. Indeed, he first introduces himself to readers of the Bible as the Creator. One of God’s redemptive purposes is to restore mankind to the image of God — a creative image. And yet the modern church … Continue reading →

I need to, at last, turn to Robert E. Webber’s Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative, in which he proposes a fresh direction for the Christian assembly. He writes (p. 40), Worship–daily, weekly, yearly–is rooted in the gospel. And when worship … Continue reading →

Story What is the message that the assembly should communicate to the members and to visitors? There are, of course, countless good things that one might teach, but what is the over-arching goal? Sometimes we approach the assembly microscopically, that … Continue reading →

Encouragement Continuing in the instruction of the author of the Hebrews, we read — (Heb 10:24-25 ESV)  24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,  25 not neglecting to meet together, as … Continue reading →

We’ve been so caught up in the worship wars over style that we’ve nearly forgotten that worship should be built on a theology of the assembly. And one of the colossal errors that many churches make is to overlook what … Continue reading →