Tag Archives: Assembly

How worship practices changed in the Bible

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Tim Archer

Travis raised an interesting point in the comments yesterday. He wrote: Here’s another question I’ve been pondering. Maybe you can start a thread on this some day. We have passage after passage about not changing “worship” or adding to/taking from … Continue reading →

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Is the Sunday assembly worship?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Tim Archer

Sometimes I have more questions than answers. People look at a blog and wonder what point the author is trying to drive across. Many times, my posts are pointless. (All puns intended) That is, I’m asking questions not out of … Continue reading →

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Field Guide to Church Fauna: Flits

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Tim Archer

The Flit (bounceinicus bounceouticus) is a reclusive creature, so hard to spot that some even doubt their existence. Possessing impeccable timing, these shy animals are able to arrive at the precise moment a worship service is beginning and disappear as … Continue reading →

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Worship a la carte

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Tim Archer

So how do we deal with differing tastes, differing convictions, differing needs and differing desires? When some want variety and others predictability? Or when some want nothing but modern praise songs and others want classic hymns? Or when some want … Continue reading →

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Spontaneous structures

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Tim Archer

Years ago, I read a book called A Man Called Peter, which was the biography of Peter Marshall, the man who was chaplain of the U.S. Senate (not the game show host). The book told of the time when reporters … Continue reading →

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