One of the most common reflections we hear on our worship from visitors is how much Scripture is read. Most of the time this is said with a sense of happy surprise. We have a first reading that takes us through a book of the Bible (what is called lectio continuareading), a Psalm or two as we work through the Psalter once every three years, and the sermon text as we preach ...
Keep ReadingClick here forthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 15 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Revelation 19:1121, Faithful and True. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezek...
Keep ReadingMany worship styles exist in modern Christianity, even within conservative, Bible-believing congregations. Reformed worship, however, tends to bedialogical, meaning that our service is structured as a back-and-forth dialogue between God and his people. God speaks to us through his Word, our pastors, and the sacraments. We collectively speak to him through our songs and pra...
Keep ReadingClick here forthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Revelation 19:610, The Almighty Reigns. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezekiel 34, and our Psalm reading will be Psalm 136. We ...
Keep ReadingI don't know Joshua Harris. I've never read his book I Kissed Dating Goodbyeeither, but I amsad that a man whoclaimed to be a follower of Christ and who was seen as a Christian thought-leader has now renounced the faith and fallen away.Those at our men's retreat in late July may remember that we discussed the "thorns" of this world, which are a result of the Fall,and how t...
Keep ReadingClick here forthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will continue our study of the Psalms in Sunday School with Psalm 13.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Revelation 19:15, A Judgment Wrought Salvation. Our first S...
Keep ReadingClick here forthis week's order of worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will continue our study of the Psalms in Sunday School with Psalm 12.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Revelation 18, Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon the Great. Our fir...
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