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- Are You Singing Them In Or Singing Them Out? Justice As Worship
By:-Dr. David Manner
We call what we do in our weekend gathering a worship service and yet, not a lot of service actually occurs. Until we view worship service as a verb...as something we do, we will continue to spend the majority of our efforts just singing them in.
- "...In Spirit And In Truth"
By:-Glenn Washburn
Worship is the primary ministry of every Christian; from which all other ministry flows.
- The Man In White: A Late Appreciation Of Johnny Cash
By:-Paul Hughes
Sometimes worship is, in the words of its critics, all "happy clappy" and sometimes the critics are right. But sometimes they are not. When worship is deep, extended over a life - and most crucially comes from a place of utter brokenness, we might be onto something. Say hello to Johnny Cash.
- Is Easter A Waste Of Time?
By:-Dr. David Manner
To avoid Christian calendar days that are celebrated during the same time of the year as the cultural, denominational, and civic days is to ignore the very foundation of the Church. Is it possible to converge holidays significant to our cultural and denominational calendar with the Christian holidays significant to the Kingdom?
- Want Participatory Worship?
By:-Dr. David Manner
If we never involve our congregation (beyond an occasional song) in anything more than casual bystanding while we read, speak, pray, testify, lead, mediate, commune, baptize, confess, thank, petition, and exhort for them... how can we ever expect a shift from passive to participative worship to occur?
- Worship: Keeping The Testimony
By:-Glenn Washburn
If you don't know where you've been, you won't know where you're going or how to get there. We must learn to keep the testimony.
- Is Your Worship Awful? It Should Be!
By:-Dr. David Manner
Mystery is not just our limited capacity to fully understand and explain the entirety of God’s story; it is also the incomprehensible awe and wonder that He included me in that story.
- Does Your Worship Music Resemble Cruise Ship Karaoke?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Worship impersonation is borrowing credibility from another congregation or artist without even considering the culture and context of your own congregants, leaders, players, singers and their stories.
- Is Your Artistic Aloofness Really Just Arrogance?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Isn’t being aloof in order to minimize distractions from my presentation really just the arrogant belief that what I lead and how I lead it holds more value than whom I lead?
- Are You Critical Of New Worship Practices? Maybe It's Time For A Wardrobe Malfunction!
By:-Dr. David Manner
You will never realize worship with all your might as a critical outsider. Worship in spirit and truth is worshiping as an insider with full participation, with unconditional humility, and with complete abandon…even when it might mean dancing right out of your worship robes of tradition, expectation, and preference.
- Are You Leading Worship Change With A Wrecking Ball? Try Deconstruction!
By:-Dr. David Manner
In an effort to initiate worship change, leaders often use the finesse of a wrecking ball to swing wildly at existing practices.
- Are You Developing A Worship Farm Team?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Those who prepare and lead worship tend to think, plan, and implement in the moment since Sunday comes every week. Investing in future players, singers, and even primary worship leaders is rarely a consideration…until a vacancy occurs.
- Where Does God Dwell ?
By:-DeBorrah K. Ogans
“God does not dwell in a temple made by hands”. God dwells in the hearts of HIS people.
- Are You Burned Out? HOLD FAST
By:-Dr. David Manner
Hold Fast…the God who calls us will also sustain us. Hold Fast…He remembers where we are and where He called us. Hold Fast…in full assurance that He knows what we are going through.
- Given
By:-Jim Canter
Having found myself in this miserable condition recently, I began to write a list of all the things I could remember that God had and was giving me. As the list grew long, I was ashamed of my forgetfulness.
- Thank S. Giving, Inc.
By:-George Watkins
Thanksgiving, praise worship. What a wonderful place to be. But how do you get to that place of peace and joy. Here is a story in allegory that is a fun way to see what the scriptures say about it.
- Is Connectional Worship Impeding Our Mission?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Missional worship is intentionally connecting those who are already in with those who are not in yet…and probably never will be until those who are in realize that worship is not just what we do at church but who we are in the world.
- Worship Leader...Do You Have Panache Envy?
By:-Dr. David Manner
It is tempting to look to the left or right to see how we measure up. Instead, we must run this race by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2).
- Has Your Worship Jumped The Shark?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Jumping the Shark is the moment an established organization implements processes, procedures, programs, or even the use of gimmickry just to stay fresh or boost ratings.
- When Shift Happens What Will You Sacrifice?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Shift is a change in place, position, direction, or tendency resulting in a transformation of emphasis or focus.
- Excerpts From Who Do We Worship? (Oneness/Jesus-only Worship Songs)
By:-Karl Kemp
The motivation behind this article is the desire that we (all true Christians) would come to believe the balanced truth of what the Bible teaches about God and to worship Him in TRUTH (which includes living in the truth, righteousness, and holiness of God [cf. Eph. 4:24]), with an emphasis on the words of the worship songs we sing. If you are interested in this article, you will want to read the 3 part article titled, "Who Do We Worship? (Oneness/Jesus Only Worship Songs)" under Bible Studies.
- Is Your Worship Welcoming To Those Not Like You?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Welcoming worship loves my neighbor as I love myself even if my neighbor is not always lovely.
- Can We Expect Worship To Occur On Sunday When We Don't Practice It During The Week?
By:-Dr. David Manner
If worshipers habitually practiced the presence of God throughout the week…what could occur when they got to practice God’s presence together on Sunday?
- Is Multigenerational Worship Even Possible?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Multigenerational worship will occur when the only battle is over who can offer/give the most instead of who deserves/demands the most.
- Is Worship Conditional?
By:-Dr. David Manner
Is worship conditional? The short answer is yes but our premises and conclusions to achieve that answer are often flawed.
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