Divine Liturgy

Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis while Theology is the critical study of concepts of God and of the nature of religious ideas. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He was born in Eisenach into a great musical family and moved to Leipzig in 1723. He is extremely known for his German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmony, motivic development, use of rhythm, forms,…

Mutability and Permanance: An Analytical Exploration of Epigrams 4-6 in Spenser’s Translations of Theatre for Worldlings Reading literature by Edmund Spenser requires a keen eye and a willingness to investigate beyond the text. You are not simply able to read Spenser and somehow acquire what each line means as a first-time reader of his works. Reading Spenser peaks ones’ interest to explore common themes, similarities, imagery, and the allusions which bring forward the meaning behind the text.…

God desires steadfast love and not sacrifice, relationship not liturgy. Churches should play a role to answer the question “What shall I do with you, O people?” Churches are not “prophets” but churches should able to speak for God to remind people. Churches could keep reminding people to repent and to return to God…

have regard for those who think themselves wise” (37:22-24). “Then the LORD (Yahweh) answered Job out of the storm” (38:1). God’s covenant Name reappears at this point. In the preceding poetic dialogue and monologues, with the exception of 12:9, the divine Person was “God” or “the Almighty,” transcendent and powerful – and, as far as Job was concerned, absent. Here, however, the…

else and no matter what the consequences are the faith in God will always be first. On the other side Christians are more liberals depending on the branch each person decides to go for. Christians not only worship God, but also worship Jesus as a Divine being and not just a prophet. In Catholicism followers are freer to choose what they want to believe, but still having a path and rules to follow. On the similarities side, Muslims and Christian believe that there is only on God as the creator of…

For the follower of King Messiah there comes some many forthright questions which need to be answered in the regards of revelation of the Bible, how the Bible was inspired,and what is the authority of the Bible. In other words: is the Bible speaking to me? How do I know the Bible is not just another document? Why should this old book have authority over me? These are valid questions which many believers today take for granted. Yet, the importance of these questions infect the life of the…

At that moment I felt like something fell into place because I’ve argued with many worship leaders throughout the years that worship is not only about music and that music is “in service to, namely, liturgy.” Music in service of God’s story enhances the narrative and unpacks Biblical truth in a meaningful way allowing us to participate and respond. F. Russell Mitman addressing the art of transposition explains that “every expression in a worship service…

however, there is a lack of discipleship and in – depth studies of the Gospel with the community. Instead, the community was taught little of the Gospel and the result of their conversion is only limited to the knowledge on the basis of church liturgies. This was actually a tradition passed down from the practices of United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) and the American Methodist missionaries during the reign of Brooke empire in Sarawak – part of the empire’s plan is to…

Throughout time, one vehicle continues to exists which connects the human spirit and our psyche together: music. Reaching into the fiber of our being, music can cause us to recall distant memories, concentrate on the present, and drive our thoughts and anxiety toward future events. Until recently, it has been noted to introduce a psychospiritual awareness to prompt a holistic approach to the therapeutic alliance. This report will impart the ideas how music therapy can serve as a channel to…

theologian and the foremost medieval scholastic. He is mostly known for his two masterpieces, the books “Summa Theologiae” and the “Summa Contra Gentiles”. As a poet, he wrote some of the most gravely beautiful, Eucharistic hymns in the church´s liturgy…