Posts with the category “covenant-renewal-worship”
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Why do we Recite an Ecumenical Creed Every Sunday?
November 6th, 2025
American evangelicalism, which has boasted in creedlessness, is failing chiefly through the lack of them.... Read More
Why Confess Sins Every Sunday?
March 18th, 2025
In a recent article we explained the what and why behind the exhortation during the worship service. The exhortation precedes the confession of sin. The confession is in response to the exhortation. T... Read More
The New Virtue of Compromise
July 4th, 2023
Nat Hentoff said that “Fiction is sometimes more real than fact … it can tell you more than facts.” What follows is a fictional conversation.Cherry: Cleo, why are you proposing that we let people who ... Read More
Why Do Christians Worship on Sundays?
June 28th, 2022
It’s not a matter of Bible trivia or historical oddities. It’s a matter of redemption. The conundrum can be stated simply. God commanded Israel to “remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8). T... Read More
Why Do We Pray So Much During Covenant Renewal Worship?
June 7th, 2022
IntroductionThe biblical commands to pray are many (Mt. 5:44, 6: 5-9; Luke 22:40; Col. 4:3; 1 Thess. 5:17, 25; 2 Thess. 3:1; Heb. 13:18; James 5:13-18; Jude 20). The examples of prayer in Scripture ar... Read More
Covenant Renewal Worship and The Lord’s Supper
May 17th, 2022
IntroductionThe Lord’s Supper belongs at every Lord’s Day service because in Christianity the gospel is a way of life. By eating the bread and drinking the wine, God’s people dine upon the fullness of... Read More
Covenant Renewal Worship: The Exhortation
March 22nd, 2022
IntroductionOne of the features of Covenant Renewal Worship at TRC is the exhortation. This is typically a five-minute homily encouraging the church to remain faithful in a sinful world. Our weekly ex... Read More
Covenant Renewal Worship: The Steady Work of Formation
November 9th, 2021
Christians no longer agree that Sunday worship is centrally important to the Christian life. This was proven when worship services were cashiered in favor of “online worship” in response to COVID. But... Read More
Fuddled Worship: Why Virtual Worship is no Substitute for In-Person Worship
April 6th, 2021
American Christians of recent vintage are eager to live as if the fourth commandment no longer applies—adopting a Lord’s Day theology revolving around the question of how much activity Christians can ... Read More
Why Haven’t We Canceled Worship Services?
February 16th, 2021
There was an outbreak of the plague in Scotland in 1645. Roughly half the population died. There was another outbreak in 1647. The local Presbyterians organized a six-day festival of repentance. My, m... Read More