Monthly Archives: November 2011

Essentials in Worship History – Part 3 – The Early Church

In my studies this week, I was reading the book “The Promise and The Blessing” by Michael A. Harbin and “How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth” by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. In Harbin’s book, he describes the lifestyle of the early church as this: “There were four facets to the

Essentials in Worship History – Part 2 – A Lifestyle of Worship

In Dan Wilt’s video about the early church, he discusses and explains the practices and rituals, such as praying three times a day and singing prayers and hymns according to the times of day. In all of that, prayer was a form of worship for them and their way of showing their complete dependence upon

Essentials in Worship History – Part 1 – Prayer and Scripture

Prayer is such an integral part of living out a life of worship. When I was growing up, our church held monthly prayer services on Sunday evenings. My mother was very involved with the prayer ministry and organized these gatherings. These nights would consist of worship in the chapel, prayer requests and group prayers. I