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30 Cards in this Set
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Define Worship
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Pleasing to God; focused on the character and pleasure of God
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First Worship War
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Cain and Abel -- Gen 4
Both brought an offering of their chosen wrok to the Lord as an act of worship "The Lord has regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering He had no regard." v 4-5 Regard = looked |
Cain gave the best of his flock, Abel gave the "ordinary" of the fruit of the ground
Cain got angry at the Lord and killed Abel God's pleasure was the furthest thing from Cain's mind--self-centerdness instead |
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Define and Illustrate Lux Credendi, Lux orandi in relation to worship practice
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Ancient Latin phrase -- "The Law of belief is the law of prayer"
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Demonstrates the reality that how much pepole pray and how much people truly depend on prayer reflects how much they believe, not what they say they believe
The actions of worship=the belief of the One being worshiped |
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How do the texts of origins help give insight into worship that pleases God?
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Texts of origins give insight to God's original plan and design for His creation
Gen 1-3 --Who God is, what He desires, and what pleases him |
Just as creation was prepared, planned and ordered, so too should our worship to God; Order out of chaos, light out of darkness, rhythm and variety
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Relate worship space to the character of God
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Medieval European cathedrals visually portray the idea that God brings order out of chaos and light out of darkness.
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The back of the nave tends to be darker, but the front of the sanctuary, where the eye is drawn towards in worship, tends to be better lit, moving the worshippers from darkness to light.
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Relate repetitive patters to the character of God
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God created in a repetitive pattern; worshipping Him in a way that reflects his divine character would display a repetitive rhythm and variations in expression
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Define Liturgy
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Greek, means "The public work or service to their god"
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How a particular group of people go about worshiping God; and order of worship
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Be able to outline the liturgical calendar of the church and why this is important to the practice of worship for a congregation
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Chapter 1p10-11
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The Lord's Day, Every Sunday
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Advent
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4 Sundays before Christmas, begins with a focus on the anticipation of God's promise of Immanuel, God with us
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Dark Blue
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Christmas Day
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Dec. 25, celebrates the incarnation of God the Son, Jesus Christ
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White or Gold
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Epiphany
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Jan 6th, twelve days after Christmas
Magi, revelation of God's salvation through Christ for the world |
White or God
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Lent
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7th Wednesday before Easter-- 40 days of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, seriousness of sin, call to repentance and confession(not counting Sundays) before Easter
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Purple
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Palm Sunday
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Sunday before Easter, last Sunday of Lent, Triumphan entry, anticipates passion
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Purple, and palm branches
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Triduum
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3 days before Easter: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Last supper, Jesus' arrest, trial, crucifixion and death
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Purple or Black
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Easter
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1st Sunday after the first full moon, celebrates the resurrection of Christ Jesus
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White or God
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Ascension Day and Ascension Sunday
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6th thursday after Easter, 40 days after Easter, A.Sunday after that Thursday, Celebrates ascension of the Son, Jesus at the right hand of the father, Holy Spirit promised
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White or Gold
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Pentecost
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10 days after Ascension Thursday and the 50th day after Easter. Birthday of the church, outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the church
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White or Gold
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Trinity Sunday
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The Sunday after Penteocst, full revelation of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit
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Red
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Ordinary (Ordinal) Time
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Based on the Sundays after seasonal liturgical events
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Green
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What is the basic difference between the practices of alter building for Israel and Alter building practices of pagans during hte patriarchal period
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Hebrews build altrars to commemorate when they had encountered God in a surprising way; the pagans built the altars to evoke a meeting with god
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What is the Didache, when was it written, and for what purpose?
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Last third of 1st century to early second
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The teaching of the twelve, an explanation of "The Way" Christian worship, the order of baptism, celebration of the Lord's supper.
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Discuss worship as "Reenactment" and give examples
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Worship as reenactment begins during the Mosaic texts: remembering how Yahweh delivered them and in reenacting this deliverance often through poetic recitation of hte story either said or sung. Began at Sinai, went through Israel's history
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The Lord's Supper, baptism, liturgies of the catholic church--point us back to the work of YHWH as we remember the focus of worship
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6 patters for worship outlined by MIller
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1. Worship exclusively to YHWH without appeal to any other images or idols
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2. YHWH conveyed the divine will by means of prophetic word or dream; Divination was prohibited as it's man focused, not God focused.
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3. Sanctuaries and altars were built to commemorate events initiated by YHWH. Things associated with the worship of other gods were prohibited
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4. The Law set certain times for gathering whole families or the whole community to remember and reenact YHWH's great acts of deliverance and redemption
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5. In order for the pepole to be holy and faithful to YHWH in worship, it was expected taht holiness would extend into every moral and ethical area of life.
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6. The spiritual leadership of Israel was expected to address teh concerns of the spiritual, social, personal and communal dynamics of everyday life in service to YHWH.
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1. exclusive worship to YHWH w/o idols
2. YHWH conveyed divine by means of dreams etc. 3. Altars used for festivals, offering 4. Law set meeting times 5. If you worship YHWH, holiness in all parts of life 6. Leadership of Israel expected to address social, spiritual |
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What is the Didache, when was it written, and for what purpose?
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Last third of 1st century to early second
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The teaching of the twelve, an explanation of "The Way" Christian worship, the order of baptism, celebration of the Lord's supper.
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Discuss worship as "Reenactment" and give examples
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Worship as reenactment begins during the Mosaic texts: remembering how Yahweh delivered them and in reenacting this deliverance often through poetic recitation of hte story either said or sung. Began at Sinai, went through Israel's history
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The Lord's Supper, baptism, liturgies of the catholic church--point us back to the work of YHWH as we remember the focus of worship
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6 patters for worship outlined by MIller
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1. Worship exclusively to YHWH without appeal to any other images or idols
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2. YHWH conveyed the divine will by means of prophetic word or dream; Divination was prohibited as it's man focused, not God focused.
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3. Sanctuaries and altars were built to commemorate events initiated by YHWH. Things associated with the worship of other gods were prohibited
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4. The Law set certain times for gathering whole families or the whole community to remember and reenact YHWH's great acts of deliverance and redemption
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5. In order for the pepole to be holy and faithful to YHWH in worship, it was expected taht holiness would extend into every moral and ethical area of life.
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6. The spiritual leadership of Israel was expected to address teh concerns of the spiritual, social, personal and communal dynamics of everyday life in service to YHWH.
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1. exclusive worship to YHWH w/o idols
2. YHWH conveyed divine by means of dreams etc. 3. Altars used for festivals, offering 4. Law set meeting times 5. If you worship YHWH, holiness in all parts of life 6. Leadership of Israel expected to address social, spiritual |
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