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Category Archives: Worship
Church Attendance Decline
A school teacher told her students to bring an item that represented their religious faith. The little Jewish boy brought a menorah. The little Catholic boy brought a crucifix. The little Baptist boy brought a casserole. Speaking as a Baptist … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Church, Church Attendance, Current Events, Discipleship, Entertainment, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Intercessory Prayer, Ministry, Salvation, Scripture, Sunday School, Teaching, The Bible, The Gospel, Worship
Tagged christianity, Church, church fellowship meals, declining churches, motivation for going to church, the problem with the church growth movement, Why is church attendance declining?
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The Shekinah Glory of God
In my previous post, I dealt with the name/word “Ichabod” and how it means “the glory has departed” or “there is no glory.” The “glory” in question is God’s glory, but it’s a specific type of God’s glory. The theological … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Bible Study, Christ's Birth, God's Holiness, God's Work, Holiness, Scripture, The Ark of the Covenant, The Bible, The Holy Spirit, Worship
Tagged God's glory departing the temple, Herod's temple, Ichabod, shekinah, Solomon's temple, The Ark of the Covenant, the indwelling Holy Spirit, the Shekinah glory of God, the temple of the Holy Spirit, When was the Ark of the Covenant lost?
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The Difference Between Pit Stops & Racing
It’s been said that Christians need to be the church rather than just go to church. Truer words were never spoken. When church is a once-a-week-event rather than a seven-day-a-week lifestyle, it runs the risk of becoming little more than a couple of hours … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church Attendance, Commitment, Doing Good, Faithfulness, God's Work, Ministry, Service, Spiritual Gifts, Sports, Talents, Worship
Tagged Christians using their spiritual gifts in service, Christians using their talents in service, comparing church attendance to car racing, pit stops at the Daytona 500, pit stops at the Indy 500, the benefit of church attendance, the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500
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The Difference Between Doors & Discipleship
Minister and author John Seamands tells the story of a German soldier who was wounded in battle. The wound was minor and the soldier wasn’t particularly concerned about it, but he was nevertheless ordered to go to the military hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church Attendance, Discipleship, Elderly, Evangelism, Faithfulness, God's Work, Ministry, Missions, Pastors, Sunday School, Teaching, Worship, Youth
Tagged christianity, Church, Discipleship, Go and make disciples, jesus, John Seamands, making disciples not just converts, the goal of the great commission, the great commission, the pressure to grow a church
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Popcorn Poppers & Irons
Some of us are old enough to remember eating popcorn made from a popcorn popper rather than a microwave. We’re also old enough to remember when people not only owned irons but actually used them. The following story stems from … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Church, Communication, Current Events, Discernment, Evangelism, God's Work, Ministry, Music, Personal, Preaching, Priorities, Sunday School, The Gospel, Worship
Tagged christianity, Church, recent changes in churches, rules at Bob Jones university, the modernization of the church, the problem of outdated rules, What were the early churches like?
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Being in a Relationship With a Jealous God
A.B. Simpson, the great Canadian preacher, used to tell the story of a father and a daughter. One day the father was sitting in his library reading one of his many books. At his feet was his little girl. She … Continue reading
Posted in Commitment, Desires, Discipleship, Faithfulness, God's Name, God's Will, Idolatry, Jealousy, Love, Obedience, Priorities, Rebellion, Reward, Service, Sports, Submission, Trusting In God, Worship
Tagged A.B. Simpson, Abraham, Abraham sacrificing Isaac, Faith, god, God rewards us in this life, God testing Abraham, God's name is Jealous, Jesus as the Angel of the Lord, Mark 10:28-30
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The World’s First Megachurch
A megachurch is generally defined as being any Christian congregation that has a sustained weekly attendance of 2,000 people or more in its worship services. With that definition in mind we can say that the world’s first church was also … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Bible Study, Christian Liberty, Church, Church Attendance, Discipleship, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Leadership, Ministry, Missions, Money, Needs, Pastors, Prayer, Preaching, Salvation, Scripture, Series: "The Early Church of Jerusalem", Service, Stewardship, Sunday School, The Bible, The Gospel, The Holy Spirit, Witnessing, Worship
Tagged christianity, definition of a megachurch, How big was the Jerusalem church?, the communal system of the Jerusalem church, the first church, the Jerusalem church, the world's first megachurch, things we can learn from the first church, What is a megachurch?, Where did the Jerusalem church meet?
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The People Had a Mind to Work
So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. (Nehemiah 4:6, N.K.J.V.) The book of Nehemiah tells the story of a Jew named Nehemiah. … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Church, Church Attendance, Commitment, Complaining, Deacons, God's Work, Ministry, Missions, Money, Pastors, Sacrifice, Service, Sunday School, Work, Worship
Tagged born again or born against?, nehemiah, Nehemiah rebuilding the walls, problems at church, the people had a mind to work, why our churches are struggling
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