Category: Worship
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Jesus Our Great Psalm Writer, Singer and Worship Leader
How tragic that most churches prefer to sing music written by Biblically-illiterate teens rather than music written by Jesus our Great Psalm Writer and Singer! Jesus sang the Psalms. After the Passover supper, he sang one of the Hallel Psalms, Psalm 113-118 (Mt 26:30). In previous conversations with the Jews, he pointed out to them…
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Why Believers’ Children Baptism?
The examples given in Acts suggest that household baptism was a common practice, and so there must have been thousands of household baptisms. Are we to suppose that there were no young children in any of them? There are three big misconceptions by Baptists and other evangelicals about us Reformed Presbyterians regarding infant baptism. One, we…
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Liturgy for April 20, 2014
CELEBRATING THE RISEN CHRIST * All those who are able, please stand. Entering into God’s Presence * Call to Worship:Â Psalm 16:1-2, 5-11 * Invocation: Psalm 124:8 * God’s Greeting: Romans 1:7 * Opening Prayer * Psalm of Praise:Â When in the Night I Meditate #22:1, 3-5 Confession of Sin Reading of the Law:Â Matthew 5:17-20 Confession…
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Maundy Thursday and Good Friday 2014 Worship Liturgy
Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2014 – 10 AM: Pasig Covenant Reformed Church Good Friday, April 18, 2014 – 10 AM: Trinity Covenant Reformed Church, Imus, Cavite Download bulletin (PDF booklet double-sided printing) The Passion of the Christ According to Isaiah 53 Preparation * Call to Worship: Psalm 22:23-28 * Invocation: Psalm 124:8 * God’s Greeting: Romans 1:7 *…
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Liturgy for April 6, 2014
* All who are able, please stand. Theme: The Works of the Good Shepherd Entering Into Worship * Call to Worship: Psalm 23:1-6 * Invocation: Psalm 124:8 * Salutation: 2 John 3 * Opening Prayer * Song of Praise: The LORD’s My Shepherd (Psalm 23) #38:1-5 Confession of Sin Reading of the Law:  Deuteronomy 5:6-21 General Confession: Psalm 51:1-4…
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“Be Thou My Vision” or Pantheism Rock
My friend Andy Underhile compares “contemporary Christian music” with the 8th century hymn, “Be Thou My Vision,” written by Dallán Forgaill (530-598). Here’s hymnary.org’s write-up on Forgaill: Saint Dallán Forgaill (ca. 530–598), also known as Dallán Forchella, Dallán of Cluain Dalláin, and born Eochaid Forchella, was an early Christian Irish poet, best known as the writer…
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Sacrament and Other Things “Catholic”
A Glossary of Terms Used in Reformed Churches Frequently Thought to be Roman Catholic To download a printer-friendly PDF version of this post, click here. People from mainstream evangelical churches who visit Reformed churches usually come away with the feeling that they had been to a Roman Catholic Mass or something similar. For example, when…
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Liturgy for January 12, 2014
The first worship service on the series “To the Praise of His Glorious Grace,” based on various Scriptures and the Canons of Dort.
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Liturgy for December 22, 2013
The LORD said to Moses, “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine” (Exodus 13:1-2). And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to…
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Songs Recommended for Advent Worship
The following is a list of songs I like to sing during the Advent Season. Most of the these songs listed are approved by the URCNA, with a few deletions and additions. Hymn Words By Tune Advent of Our God, The Charles Coffin, 1736 St. Thomas, Aaron Williams, 1770 All My Heart This Night Rejoices…