Scripture tells us that the one true God exists in three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who are equally and eternally the one God. He is Three in One, or triune. We see something of the centrality of the Trinity in worship from Ephesians 2:18, which says: “For through [Jesus] we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.” This passage implies that Christian worship is defined and enabled by the triune God. John 4:24 implies...

Interesting day…musically things were a little rough.  Tempo was a struggle all morning and it’s christmas carols and they are really gnarly to play on guitar.   Here is the version of O Holy Night that we sang… O holy night! the stars are brightly shining- It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth! Long lay the world in sin and darkness pining- Till He appeared, gift of infinite worth! Behold the Babe in yonder manger...

This is an amazing worship song from the Hillsong album This is Our God.  It caught me in a new way this week.  Here are the words… I have decided I have resolved To wait upon you Lord My rock and redeemer shield, and reward I’ll wait upon you Lord As surely as the sun will rise You’ll come to us As certain as the dawn appears You’ll come let your glory fall As you respond to us Spirit Rain, flood into our thirsty...

I’ve been listening to a workshop taught by Bruce Ware titled, “Worshiping the Triune God.”  Basically it first gives a foundation of the trinity, the specific roles each part of the trinity plays.  Then he goes into how it affects our worship.  I was talking with Mark Koglmeier, one of our pastors, about some of the things I was learning and he pointed something out that I have never noticed. He says, “have you ever...

We had a great time of worship.  We had an open mic time and in the second service it went clear till the end of the service so we sang one more song, took the offering and then dismissed everyone.  Then I said if you want to stay and worship we’ll do the last two songs.  We had probably close to 60 or 70 people stay and worship and we didn’t finish until 12:30 more than 15 min. after the service is supposed to end.   We’ve...