The following are some of the basic principles by which we seek to plan and practice corporate worship at High Pointe Baptist Church. (As best as I can remember, these principles were influenced by a sermon series I listened to by John Piper on worship titled, 'Worship God'.)
Tag Archives: God
Our God is Too Small or Our Big God
July 6, 2010 – 9:53 AM
Over at the "For the Love of God" blog, D.A. Carson takes up Psalm 139. He's concerned that our God is too small: There is a perverseness to human thoughts about God that would be risible if it were not so tragic. We find ways to make him small. A marvelous antidote is Psalm 139. It paints [...]
Our Happy God
April 10, 2010 – 8:36 PM
What makes God so happy? Three times we are told that our God is "blessed forever" (Rom. 1:25; 9:5; 2 Cor. 11:31). But what makes Him so happy? Well, I'm sure there are many contributing factors. For example, being perfectly holy must be a great source of happiness. The absence of uncertainty, through knowing the [...]
Conozco a DIOS?
December 14, 2009 – 10:35 AM
My book Do I Know God? Finding Certainty in Life’s Most Important Relationship is now available in Spanish. I wrote Do I Know God? to answer two basic questions: 1) is God knowable, and, if He is, 2) how can I know that I know Him. In the book I say that if you don’t know God, He [...]
God-Centered Anger
November 18, 2009 – 8:22 AM
The world so often senses our anger—but do they ever sense our grief? They think we’re angry simply because we’re not getting our way, but I’m afraid they don’t feel our sorrow over sin’s negative, dehumanizing effects. We fail to communicate our anger in a way that says, “You were made for so much more than this.”
Behold Your God!
November 17, 2009 – 9:45 AM
Over at the Ligonier blog Keith Mathison provides a helpful service by listing thirteen excellent books on the doctrine of God. He divides his list into three categories: theology proper, the Trinity, and historical theology. Mathison's list reminded me of one of the clearest passages of Scripture describing the greatness of God: Isaiah 40:9-31.
New Don Carson Videos
November 9, 2009 – 3:49 PM
Here are three new video Q&As by Don Carson (produced by 'A Passion for Life') answering the following questions: How do I know God exists? How can God be loving yet send people to hell? How can God allow suffering and evil in the world? [HT: Justin Taylor]
In the Beginning, Middle, and End...God
October 8, 2009 – 8:16 AM
Marva Dawn wants to revolutionize how many people read their Bible. Dawn commends a paradigm shift in the way many evangelicals come to the Scriptures--and it's a shift the church desperately needs to heed. Here's how she opens her new book, In the Beginning, God: Creation, Culture, and the Spiritual Life. The Bible is all about [...]