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Worship: Replacing the Temple’s Monopoly

Prior the tabernacle, going back to Cain and Abel, we read about God’s people offering sacrifices on any convenient pile of rocks. Abraham and his descendants piled up rocks as an altar to God as they felt the need. But this … Continue reading

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

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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JT Spangler: “Rendezvous”

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Young Oceans: “Face of the Deep”

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

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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The Bell Hours: “Bother Me”

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Worship: Bridging the Gap between God and Man

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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Young Oceans: “Lead Me”

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Young Oceans: “I Will Be Still”

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Worship: The Distance between God and Man

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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