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Reformed Worship (Rw) 121 - Advent / Christmas (September 2016), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worship Series: The Senses of Christmas by Mark Vande Zande....3

Sing 10: Modern Arrangements for Advent by Phil Majorins....11

Advent Then and Now by Peter Schuurman and Mark Wallace....19

Articles

Editorial: Soli Deo Gloria by Joyce Borger....2

Seeing the Sacred in the Ordinary by Phil Schaafsma....24

For Pastors: Thirty Years in Reformed Preaching by Scott Hoezee....28

Q&A: Lament and Praise as a Way of Life by John D. Witvliet....30

Universal Design for Worship by Barbara J. Newman....38

Growing Up in Worship: An Interview with Ken Medema....41

A Decade of …

An Outreach Model For Melville Mission Church: Evangelizing The Mandarin Community In Markham North, Ontario, Canada, Benjamin Li

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

MMC is a conservative, traditional Cantonese-speaking immigrant church that has had stagnant growth since its relocation to the rural area of Markham North, Ontario, Canada in 2009. The purpose of this project was to propose a new outreach model to enable MMC to more effective in evangelizing the Mandarin-speaking community in Markham. The proposed new outreach model is a refined version of Alan Hirsch’s Missional-Incarnational Model which mobilized the church membership to engage with the unchurched community for the Gospel. The research for this project was accomplished through studying the Chinese demographics in Markham, and through surveys of 158 mainland …

A Theological Heritage For New Evangelicalism And Its Social Justice Focus, Kenley Hall

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Based on a review of relevant literature, this article will look at this emerging submovement within evangelicalism that researchers are referring to as “New Evangelicals” and its expanding social consciousness. Then the article will address an issue I believe is of critical importance: a likely theological and historical heritage for New Evangelicalism that can serve as a theological resource and even connection between them and the larger evangelical narrative.

The Faithful Flyer, 08-28-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Propers 17 (Pentecost 15) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 16 (Pentecost 14) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 15 (Pentecost 13) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 14 (Pentecost 12) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

The Lord’S Supper In The Early Church: Covenant Extension Or Eucharistic Presence?, Silvia Bacchiocchi

Andrews University Seminary Student Journal

This study seeks to show how the Lord’s Supper lost its relational and historical (past-present-future) covenant focus and instead became fixed on the Platonic now of mystical contemplation, displacing the eschatological hope of Christ’s physical return with the real presence of Christ in the eucharist. This resulted from the Hellenistic interpretation of reality in general and of Christian rituals in particular. The first section explores the nature of God and the Old Testament covenant, followed by the covenant’s continuity in the New Testament through the Lord’s Supper. The second portion analyzes the Didache’s Jewish-Christian perspective of the Lord’s Supper and …

Formulating An Intentional Curriculum For Spiritual Leadership Development At The West University Church Of Christ, Daniel A. Mcgraw

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This project addresses the lack of a formal curriculum for spiritual leadership formation in the West University Church of Christ in Houston, Texas. While the West University Church of Christ has been blessed by strong congregational leaders in both the past and present, recent conversations revealed the need for a deeper connection to God and a better understanding of spiritual leadership on the part of the congregation’s leaders. The problem I identified was a lack of understanding about spiritual leadership in contrast to secular understandings of leadership and the lack of a formal curriculum to help address this problem.

This …

Intervention Strategies For The Participation Of People With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Communal Worship Experiences, James Thomas Lowery Iii

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Propers 13 (Pentecost 11) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 12 (Pentecost 10) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 11 (Pentecost 9) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 10 (Pentecost 8) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 9 (Pentecost 7) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 8 (Pentecost 6) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 7 (Pentecost 5) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 6 (Pentecost 4) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Propers 5 (Pentecost 3) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

The Importance Of Preaching For The Transformation Of Christians In Korea, Ho Jung Lee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Korean Christians have had a problem with the transformation of their values and life-styles following their conversion. This thesis project will attempt to prove that one of the most important factors in the transformation of new believers, is biblical preaching. It will further attempt to show that much of the preaching in Korea is non-Christocentric, and this is especially ineffective in transformation. To produce transformation in new believers, churches need Christocentric preaching. This thesis project will explore Christocentric preaching’s historical background, principles, and importance. This project will also present the advantage, need, and importance of doctrinal expository preaching, especially in …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 120 - Beauty (June 2016), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Worshiping with the Psalms by the Synodical Worship Planning Team....3

Strength and Beauty Are in God's Sanctuary by Lisa DeBoer....11

Commemorating the Reformation for the 500th Time by John Witvliet....38

Articles

Editorial: Why Beauty? by Joyce Borger....2

Beauty Revealed by Phil Schaafsma....20

Recovering the Power of Biblical Imagery by William Dyrness....27

Words of Life by Kari Kristina Reeves....34

For Pastors: Preaching in Tough Times by Scott Hoezee....36

Resources

Singing Like David by Becca Whitla....11

Come and See: From Brokenness to Beauty by Brenda Holtrop....23

Beauty in Children's Worship Spaces …

Propers 4 (Pentecost 2) Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Series C, and offers up ideas for proclamation and preaching.

Faithful Doubt, Kristine Lund

Consensus

Sermon on John 20:19-29

Festival Of The Holy Trinity Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the readings for the Festival of Holy Trinity, 2016 and offers up sermon ideas.

Festival Of Pentecost Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments upon and proposes sermon ideas for the Festival of Pentecost, Series C.

Easter 7 Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Series C, and offers up sermon ideas.

The Place Of Psalms In Liturgy, Elizabeth Pike

Obsculta

The General Instruction to the Roman Missal calls psalms particularly “suited to the liturgy,” and the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops acknowledges the Psalter as being “the basic songbook of the liturgy.” However, in churches today, aside from the Responsorial Psalm, hymns are generally substituted for the other places for psalmody normative to the liturgy. This paper examines biblical, historical, liturgical, and theological arguments for making greater use of the psalms in liturgical music today .

Easter 6 Series C 2016, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Series C, and offers up sermon ideas.

The Faithful Flyer, 05-01-2016, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

Final bulletin for Spring 2016 semester.