Showing posts with label Liturgy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liturgy. Show all posts
Sunday, July 19, 2020

The Church's Gathering Under the Whole Counsel of God

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"The church's liturgy should be Bible-saturated. There should be readings from Scripture, generous readings, not a few snippets fro...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

A Glorious Christmas Visual

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Friday, December 5, 2014

A Homeless Refugee with a Price on His Head

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"The gospel of Jesus the Messiah was born, then, in a land and at a time of trouble, tension, violence and fear. Banish all thoughts of...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter

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The last two stanzas of Herbert's "Easter":      The Sun arising in the East,      Though he give light, and th' East p...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Christmas Joy Rooted in Eternity, Manifested in Time

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Coming the first day of a week in which we're focusing on  joy , here's my second contribution (see the first  here ) to our church...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Remembering the Gospel at Christmas

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Our home church, New Covenant Church in Naperville, has been producing an Advent reader with contributions from a number of members of the c...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

A Thanksgiving Resolution

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Resolved, To be grateful not only today when everyone and his long lost cousin expect it, but in all circumstances and at all times (Eph. 5:...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween's Antecedents, Influences, and Modern Practice

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A helpful (but longish) piece on Halloween's antecedents and influences over at  The Calvinist International . The brief Christian respo...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Powlison on Christian Resolutions

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Look  here .
Monday, December 31, 2012

Resolved

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It's that time when people are gearing up for the new year ahead with resolutions. In my judgment, this gearing up can be good, or it ca...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

A Brief Break from My Blog Break, To Give Thanks to God

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On this Thanksgiving, there's so much for which to be thankful. Given recent happenings in the life of the Wencels, I'm especially ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

O Lord, Forgive Lazy, Listless Listening on the Lord's Day

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A Lutheran prayer of confession for laziness in listening to God's Word on the Lord's Day: I confess and acknowledge great sin and ...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Why December 25th?

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Tim Challies  links to a Christianity Today article  written by Elesha Coffman that answers this question. Update : See also Justin Taylo...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Deeply Grateful for Matter

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Happy Thanksgiving to all! So much to be thankful for! To highlight one that covers a lot of ground and includes turkey and pie, I'm dee...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Going Home

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In 1856, Charles Spurgeon preached a sermon the Sunday before Christmas called "Going Home." In it he prepared his growing church ...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

When Grace Dances

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Isaiah 54:1, following the suffering and anguish of Isaiah 53, comes with an explosive change of tone and mood.  It shouts!  It sings!  It g...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Power and Pleasure of the Word in the Local Church

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Something a bit unusual occurred last Sunday.  At New Covenant Church in Naperville, since our senior pastor Doug O'Donnell fell ill, an...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

God's Lyrics

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Pastor Doug O'Donnell's book  God's Lyrics: Rediscovering Worship through Old Testament Songs  is now available. No doubt this w...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter and the Evil Generation

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This New Covenant Church Easter sermon  preached by Pastor Doug O'Donnell on Mt. 12:38-45 is apostolic stuff and a good give-away sermon...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

It's Friday, but Sunday's a Comin'

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I love this video clip.  Hit  it's Friday, but . . .  to watch and listen.