Whether you are making a joyful noise or treasuring up all these things in your heart, I hope you find new aspects of God to worship and find special ways to offer that worship to him. Although he is present anytime and any place, take care to set aside special focused attention and reverence to […]
By Kirk Sheppard Whitewater Crossing Christian Church, located on the west side of Cincinnati near Cleves, Ohio, is doing something revolutionary with its worship. Four years ago, the former Westwood Cheviot Church of Christ was a traditional church. Choir robes, liturgy, and classical music were the standard. Then a change in leadership occurred, and […]
by Jason Hills My 8-year-old son Graham loves to play the piano. He’s pretty good, as a matter of fact. Anytime he hears a song that catches his ear he can’t wait to get his fingers on the ivory to pluck out the melody. He can figure out tunes he heard a week ago on […]
by Jim Byerly What was once called music, and then called praise, is now called worship. “So, how was worship today?” usually means, “How was the band and music?” We can arrange our worship into two categories: personal and corporate (or institutional)—the latter referring to occasions when the church comes together to worship. From Scripture […]
by Dinelle Frankland In the Old Testament there is no general term for worship. In fact, rather than defining worship, Old Testament writers describe the actions of the people of God as they respond to his work and character. Most of us would readily point to music as one of these actions. We might also […]
