Contemporary worship

God declares all the glory and wants us to praise Him. We sing songs to worship His name. Psalms contains the hymns of the Bible. Christians are commanded by God to sing praises unto Him. This book has broadened my worldview and has given me clearer understanding of music philosophy in the Bible and Psalms. I chose an interesting debate on Chapter 3, “Applause: For Whom Are You Clapping?” Is clapping appropriate during the service? Personally, I would call myself a traditionalist, but I’m not…

In his book titled, Phoenicians, author Glenn Markoe states that Phoenician culture had its “remnants in contemporary religions practiced around the Mediterranean.” During pagan times, the deity by the name of Astarte, which according to Markoe was “the most important Phoenician goddess”, would be worshiped with public processions. Astarte was one of the most important figures in all of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, including the Greeks and the Romans. According to author Joscelyn…

Many contemporary Japanese beliefs and values have a religious background. Despite the fact that modern-day Japan is a largely secular society, various religions have a hand in the shaping of Japanese society, including, but not limited to, Shintoism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Of the following, Shintoism and Buddhism can arguably be called the most influential, and while only Shintoism is indigenous to Japan, today, the influence of Buddhist culture compares to that of Shintoism (Dolan…

In ancient Israel, protocol at animal sacrifices permitted the high priest’s servants to plunge a three-pronged fork into the cauldron of boiling water and return to the high priest whatever amount of meat they were able to draw up. In defiance of this rule of law, the sons of Eli (the high priest and predecessor of Samuel as judge of Israel) instructed their servants to take as much meat as they wanted, forcefully if necessary, even before the meat was fully cooked. "This sin of the young men…

restructuring us and why. To consider that our Sunday worship service needs renewal was a far-fetched thought for our context, because the word renewal has been used in our denomination to refer to the needs the Anglo churches have to avoid vanishing. Renewal best describes the effort the denomination is making to bring vitality back to the worship service in an attempt to give these dying churches a fighting chance at survival. Therefore, worship renewal for a vibrant, growing, developing…

Piper goes onto explaining that the missions is means for the worship of God, which is “the fuel and goal of missions,” because “all of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and his Son among all the peoples of the earth” (p.20-21). This is portrayed as a wake up call for those who are religious to break out of simply thinking missions as just saving…

holding traditional styles of concerts, she can use that style of music when she is required to do so and she can also use it for prelude or processional hymns and, she can adapt herself to the demanded style of music. If the congregation favors the contemporary style of music, she can most possibly work in agreement with other church musicians, if the church is in a position to do so. If the congregation is comfortable with the idea of Wanda been given another chance, she can serve as the…

The Church - the radix of human existence - is the first representation of God 's creative act in Jesus Christ. Therefore, Christian worship represents the first social reform. Divine worship prepares individuals and communities for social action. But if the praxis of worship contains cultural bias, ignores the disenfranchised, marginalizes children, shuns contemporary musicians, or denies female pastors, how then can the Church honestly advocate for multiculturalism, feed the hungry, picket…

Embracing the Different “Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God, whose teaching has been revealed through the three prophets—Moses, Jesus and latest in time, Muhammad” (Glenn, 2014, p. 181). Judaism, Christianity and Islam purportedly emerged as result of divine revelation from God. Despite what is believed to be a common source, the contemporary interpretations and practices of the traditions put in place by the three major religions, exhibit distinct differences and often deep…

In the society that Ms. Trese interacts, different facets of cultures, dominantly the set of norms, existed. This paper will trace and will analyze the development of cultures in the mentioned society and how it played its part on shaping the contemporary society. Assertion on the Existence of Different Religions in the Philippine Context As seen in the cover of the comics, it can be inferred that there exists a wide and current conflict between the pre-colonial culture and the Spanish culture…