“Here is the church, here is the steeple. Open up the door and here’s all the people.” That childhood rhyme, illustrated with both hands, clearly encapsulates the Biblical principle that the church, at its heart, is about the people. One…
Category: Worship
A Maundy Thursday Question Revisited
Last Wednesday before our discipleship classes at Bethel, I had several folks ask about our church’s Maundy Thursday service. They wanted to know specifically what “Maundy” meant. After explaining the meaning behind the Latin word for “commandment,” and Jesus’ words to…
Worship at The Village Church & a Quest for BBQ in Dallas
On a beautiful Sunday morning in Dallas, my oldest son, Stephen, and I decided to head to the Dallas Northway Campus of The Village Church for the 11:15 a.m. Worship Service. Actually, Stephen didn’t really have any choice in the matter.…
Obama’s Easter Strike-out!
No one really throws hard balls to the President, so it was still somewhat surprising when he and/or folks within his administration took three big swings at all things Easter and came up with a goose egg (not the kind…
SBC’s New Calvinism & Patriotic Worship: Part 2
Earlier in the week, while visiting Baptist21 to watch an interview with Nathan Akin, another post in the top masthead — with American flag in the background — caught my eye. Titled, “Letter from a Minister about Patriotism in Corporate Worship,” I was curious and…