The Resources
Check back here for resources referenced in each week's teaching.
- The responsiblity of teaching our children to worship with adults.
- The role of singing in the life of the church.
- The Evangelical Liturgy. Michael Spencer.
- A little humor. Visual Proof That Modern Churches are (Much) Better.
- A little more humor. Parody of the modern worship service.
The Service of Worship
- How We Christians Worship. Christian History Magazine on early church worship practices.
- Service Order Example. College Church.
- Service Order Example. First Evangelical Free Church.
- Service Order Example. Santa Margarita Community Church.
The Preparation: Preparing for Worship
- How Do You Prepare for Sunday? Desiring God.
- Preparing for Worship. Joe Thorn.
- Preparing for Sunday Worship. Kevin, De Young, The Gospel Coalition.
The Preparation: The Call to Worship
- The Call to Worship. Doxology and Theology.
- Scriptural Calls. EFCA Pastor's Service Manual.
Adoration: We Sing
- The Reformtion Changed the Way We Sing. The Gospel Coalition.
- The Imminent Decline of Contemporary Worship Music. T. David Gordon.
- Nine Reasons People Aren't Singing in Worship. Renewing Worship.
- Criteria for Choosing Music. A Comparison Chart.
- Hymns that last. Christianity today study of hymnals.
Exhortation: The Scripture Reading
- Devoted to the public reading of Scripture. The Briefing, Matthias Media.
- Who Reads Scripture? The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, not ours, but good to see the argument.
- Public Reading of Scripture. The Bible Project, encouragement to read the Bible aloud.
- A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. A BBC recording of a traditional Anglican service with Scripture reading. A young boy reads very effectively at 13:20.
Exhortation: The Preached Word
- What is Expository Preaching? The Gospel Coalition gathers a herd of wonderful quotes to help us.
- What Expository Preaching is not. A clarifying explanation and encouragement from HB Charles, Jr.
- The Relationship Between Exegesis and Expository Preaching. For those who want a little more theological substance.
- Powerpoint: Communication or Curse? From Psychology Today on the ineffectiveness of Powerpoint for memory.
- Why I don't use Powerpoint. Media Ecologist on why he doesn't use Powerpoint to teach. The basic idea I want seen is that the nature of Powerpoint is the complete antithesis to the nature of preaching.
Exhortation: The Preacher and The People
- Preaching Through Your Church. Pastor Robert's article on the conversations that preaching creates.
- Preaching in the Trenches. Ronnie Martin on the hard work of preaching.
- Take Care How You Hear. Ebook from John Piper on listening to the Word.
Dedication: Communion
- Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper. John Piper teaches on Communion.
- Sip it, Don't Dip it. Pastor Joe Thorn teaching against intinction.
- Weekly Communion. T. David Gordon on reasons for and against weekly communion.
