Worship (11)
  1. This is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of Your God is Too Glorious: Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places by Chad Bird (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  2. In this episode we see the Levites stationed at the temple of the Lord, under the stars, singing praise to the Lord.
  3. In this continuation of Psalm 104 Chad looks at the various "hats" that God wears as He created and sustains all that exists. John Andrew and Cathy Schreiner sing "World of Wonders"
  4. Chad unpacks this call for all nations to make a joyful noise to the Lord. Izzi Ray sings "Under Your mercy".
  5. Many people have struggled to understand Leviticus and Old Testament worship in general. Here is a handbook or map to navigate these subjects, and to see their relationship to Christ and his saving work.
  6. Adoration of the Lamb
  7. This tiny rural church would bulge at the seams with worshipers from realms seen and unseen, all mixed together in the adoration of the Lamb.
  8. We show up to this crowded sacred shindig on Sundays, all wings and halos and blue jeans, and shimmy our way into the sanctuary, late to church but not late to church, for how can we be late to a service that never ends?
  9. In the church, the main actor in worship is not the Christian but Christ.
  10. Imagine yourself at an advanced age. What do you want to remember when you’ve forgotten virtually everything else? Sing that.
  11. Three of the most profound truths embedded in the fabric of the universe are that blood has a voice, blood cries out to God, and blood is heard by heaven.