Over in 1 Kings 18, the prophets of Baal knew how to make a loud sounds and kick up a fuss. Their traditional altar activities made sense to them and as the prevailing religion in at least two countries there was no reason to believe their previous rituals wouldn’t be successful or appealing in these […]
Read More NoiseHeads up. This is not the deep, meaningful blog entry you might be looking for from the title. Today I had planned to attend a concert at a church facility with a few friends of mine. The concept of the event was encouraging intimacy in worship. Unfortunately I damaged my left wrist and right thumb […]
Read More Coping With DisappointmentA number of people I know and indeed love enjoy eating cheese. Notice. I still love them. That’s truly amazing, because I don’t like cheese. At all. In fact I’ve been known to say I despise the stuff. So to still love those who enjoy something I hate is testament to the mercy and grace […]
Read More AppetiteThe thing is it is so silly. We made it in the first place. We harnessed materials and resources. We put them to innovative and creative use. We said they were going to make our lives better. We even saw merit in them initially, they had use and served a purpose. Then it got weird. […]
Read More Who Is Serving Who?Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is […]
Read More Genesis: 8 – The Sweet Aroma of ThanksgivingSinging is such a delightful activity. Hearing harmonies and melodies bellow from the hearts and souls of people remains the most spine tingling experience yet. Yesterday I raved about my brother’s singing and musical proficiency and admittedly at times I’ve used him as the standard of quality and felt I was way short of that. […]
Read More Ten Songs Of Praise and Adoration I Love To Hear And SingIt occurred to me. The more I dwelt on it, the more powerful it became. Jesus Christ is beautiful. Preaching captives set free, prisoners liberated, broken hearted healed. That is so beautiful. Healing sick, bringing sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, touching the leper, restoring prostitutes. That is so beautiful. Consistency and quality […]
Read More An Awe Inspiring Experience: Captivated By Jesus’ BeautyIt’s time for Praise and Worship. That’s usually the signal in church settings around the world for people to get ready for a good old (or new) sing-song. Maybe there will be a break in the singing for people to shout. Perhaps someone will whip out a flag to help with the praise and worship. […]
Read More Say What You See: Heartfelt WorshipI have started The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer. It is already burning a hole deep in my psyche and being about hungering and thirsting after God alone. Whilst reading I was reminded of this beautiful song as rendered on Ron Kenoly’s album God is Able. (20 years old this year!) Should you have […]
Read More CD Songs: You’re My Everything O Lord – Ron KenolyPaul’s Brief Chat Acts 20:7-12 is amazing and hilarious. It’s obviously very important to Paul to share with the brethren at this location. It’s so important that Paul, after having something to eat, tucks into the word he has to share. My favourite verse is 9 which introduces us to Eutychus. He falls into a […]
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