Bible Study – Seeing the Big Picture
I have always been one for details. When I study a passage I tend to break things down as small as possible. When you do that there is only so much information you can handle at a time. What is the background? Who is speaking? Where are they located and how might that affect the […]
Creative Ways to Integrate Scripture Into Worship
We tried a couple of new ways to incorporate scripture into our worship service during the Praise and Harmony Workshop. We did a responsive reading from portions of Psalm 136 and we also had a congregational reading of verses from Revelation 4 and 5. We have some scripture songs, where the lyrics are verbatim scripture […]
More Bloggers Focusing on the Importance of the Old Testament for the Church Today
There are three excellent blogs that are examining the Old Testament and Christianity. John Alan Turner Bobby Valentine (2 parts) Frank Belizzi (2 parts) This is something that has to be talked about more. In the church we have had our own type of lectionary by the passages we have traditionally excluded as “less important.” […]