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Is Reformed Worship Ethnic?

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 5, 2011
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While nursing a bad cold yesterday (which seems to be more, but heck if this child of Depression Era children is going to see a doctor), I went to the website of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah and heard a couple of fine catechetical sermons by senior pastor, Terry Johnson. One was on effectual calling… Read More→

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When Private Goes Public

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 13, 2011

(TMI Alert!) Last Sunday my wife and I were publicly received by the OPC congregation in Hillsdale, Michigan. The reception took place during a public worship service on Sunday morning. Despite all the public matters transpiring, very few people noticed. Aside from members of session who decided to receive us by letter of transfer, the… Read More→

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The Etiquette and Manners of Worship

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 27, 2011

Bill Evans, one of the new bloggers on the block at Baptists and Presbyterians Together (also known as the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals), seems to have an issue with a point I made some time ago when I contrasted the arguments of John Frame and Hughes Oliphant Old on worship. Here is how Evans describes… Read More→

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Catechetical Preaching Solves the Church Calendar Problem

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 8, 2010

I continue to scratch my head that low-church Protestants are as attached as they are to the calendar of the Roman Catholic church. They don’t think of Christmas or Easter as part of Roman Catholic liturgical practices. But assigning Christ’s birth to December 25th and Christ’s resurrection to the fortunes of the lunar calender and… Read More→

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The Original Blended Worship?

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 10, 2010

With less division [than over church government], the Westminster Assembly also drew up an order or worship and a confession of faith. The Directory for Public Worship, accepted by the Parliaments of England and Scotland alike in 1645, carved a middle ground between the Presbyterian desire for a fixed liturgy and Independent attachment to extemporary… Read More→

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Why I Love MY Church (It’s All About ME)

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 19, 2010

A couple of comments recently suggested that it’s all negative all the time at Oldlife. So here’s a list of reasons why I love my congregation and its ministry. We sing from a hymnal (and a good one at that). We pray at least six times during an average service (eight or nine with a… Read More→

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When Does The Multi-Site Pastor Get to Confess His Sins?

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 19, 2009

One of the advantages of being a Country Parson that Tim Keller and I both failed to mention is the ability of rural ministers to worship with their congregations while leading in worship. This thought came to mind when reading the recent USA Today piece on the Rev. Keller and multi-site churches. According to the… Read More→

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Why Gentlemen Often Prefer Barth

By D. G. Hart | Published: September 26, 2009

Reformed Protestants are not supposed to believe in coincidence. So when on the same day email brings reflections on worship and they sound such different notes, am I allowed to attribute this to providence? First came a message from the good folks at Christianity Today with a link to an interview with Bryan Chapell, the… Read More→

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