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Worship #6 – Fear/Love-Based Worshipp

Lookahead:  But we don’t see an immobilizing fear (pachad) in the matchless psalmist, King David; and ironically, not even in Saul, his predatorial predecessor.  David feared God enough to confess, and repent, i.e., change his behavior.  Yet this wasn’t the brand or magnitude of fear that a godless heathen in David’s day would have. That fear…

Worship #5 – Crazy Heathen Worship

Lookahead: Idol worship was integrated in with every facet of ancient entertainment: “you couldn’t participate in any feasts, celebrations, holidays, sporting events, etc. without worshiping false deities…” Even the emperor thought he was a god and was worshiped as such.  In sum, this does give us a glimpse into how the heathens worshiped.  We also have learned…

Worship #4 – DNA-Coded to Worship?

Lookahead: I’ll never forget our formally trained pastor, who had “come up” in the choir, going back to his roots and assembling his very own 120-member choir for Pentecost Sunday. For a few weeks, he rehearsed us impeccably, and directed us with amazing, even airborne, vigor (one member credited him with jumping like a frog!).…

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Worship #3 – Moses’ Psalm And Two Shepherds

Lookahead: The question is—can we extrapolate the two respective types of relationships and worship styles of David and Moses…to present day approaches to worship? I believe the answer to this is…Yes and Amen. In 2025, my belief is that there are some people who think that we have to have the right format or formula…

Vintage “Looking for the Healer” – Post #10

Roof Ruining Faith Lookahead: Hello!  They created an opening by digging through roof tiles.  So there may have been prying, hammering, chiseling, sawing going on with dust and roofing materials falling, i.e., plenty of noise from the demolition—and from the people in the house who had construction remnants falling on their heads.  In other words,…

Unpacking James – Introduction

Note: To view the posts in this series, you can use Search Bar at the very bottom. To view all posts chronologically please go to “PRIOR POSTS” Selection on Menu Bar. (“Uncategorized” link gets you vintage posts.) Once you’ve selected a post, if you scroll to the very bottom, you’ll find navigation links to help…

Worship #2 – The Case of David

Lookahead: One unequivocal aspect of David’s writings is that he really had a good handle on a myriad of amazing characteristics of God.  Author, E. J. Janik, identified 44 attributes and 60 actions of God found in more than 1,200 Scriptures in the Psalms…”God bears, comforts, defends, forgives, guides, judges, provides, rescues, rewards, supports, and teaches.…

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