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Voddie Baucham on brokenness
Voddie Baucham is a well-known Baptist pastor and public speaker in the United States. Many of my readers will already be familiar with his sermons and some have been blessed with the opportunity of...
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A Lutheran perspective on the Lectionary
The Revd Johnold Strey is a pastor in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). In September 2009, he posted his insights in ‘Love of the Lectionary’. Readers offered excellent points as well....
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More on the three-year Lectionary
In case you are unaware, we moved into Year A of the three-year Lectionary last weekend on the First Sunday of Advent. The Revd Kenneth W Collins of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) explains...
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An Anglican reflects on Christological worship
A number of Anglican clergy around the world try to make their Sunday services ‘relevant’ to the drive-by unbelievers who drop in out of curiosity. These vicars and rectors often ask their...
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The Lectionary: when the ellipsis is not your friend
In 2010, I featured three posts on the three-year Lectionary: February 22, December 6 and December 7. You can find out more about the Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) by examining the ecumenical...
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Critiques on the Lectionary — read the fine print
Yesterday, I featured posts from Not Another Episcopal Church Blog (see Blogroll, left-hand column), where the finest moments come in discussions on the Lectionary — Scripture readings — for public...
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December 2012 — new Church year and Lectionary Year C
Please note that December 2, 2012 denotes the First Sunday of Advent and with that the new Church year. It is also the beginning of a new cycle of Lectionary readings for public worship. We are once...
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A Jesuit misses an opportunity
After I read the anecdote on Baroness Doherty’s Madonna House, I happened upon another article on the same Catholic site, this time concerning exit interviews for departing Catholics. I thought that...
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Once more with feeling — are church services too feminine?
Over the past few years, this blog has examined the feminine character of church services. We simply do not have enough men attending Catholic and Protestant services. Yet, this was not always the...
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John MacArthur’s warning against enthusiasm in church
In the sermon by John MacArthur — ‘A Certain Cure for Hypocrisy, Part 3′ — which I used as commentary for my post on Luke 12:8-12, the well-known and much admired American pastor warns us about...
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Changes in Lutheran liturgy from the 1950s to the present
Older Lutherans who wonder how and why their liturgy has changed so much since their childhood might find Frank Senn’s 2011 paper ‘Ninety-five Theses on the State of Liturgical Renewal in the Lutheran...
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Church history: early form of liturgy still followed
With the possible exception of Evangelical churches, the rest — Catholic and the oldest Protestant denominations — follow the same liturgical form from the early days of the Church. To everyone who...
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Church history: Eastern liturgy in the 4th and 5th centuries
The other day I began a short series on Christian liturgy from its earliest days. Those who missed that instalment might wish to read it before continuing with this post. Source material is taken from...
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Church history: Western liturgy between the 5th and 9th centuries
This short series continues with an examination of Christian liturgy in Rome and Western Europe during the Dark Ages. Those who missed the first two instalments on early Christian liturgy and that of...
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Church history: how mediaeval Mass led to the Reformation
The past few posts have looked at how Christian liturgy developed from the first century through the ages: early Christian liturgy, that of the East as well as the Gallican and Roman rites in the West....
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Church history: early Lutheran liturgy
Over the past several days, I have been delving into Church history with regard to liturgy and Communion frequency. Those who missed the previous instalments on early Christian liturgy, that of the...
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Church history: Zwingli’s rite in Zurich
The previous post in this series on Christian liturgy looked at Martin Luther’s liturgy in German, which appeared in 1526. Those who missed the previous instalments on early Christian liturgy, that of...
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Church history: the German rites of Strasbourg
So far, my series on liturgy and Communion from the early centuries through the Reformation has included early Christian liturgy, that of the East, changes during the Dark Ages, Mass during the Middle...
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Church history: Calvin’s French rites
This series has been examining liturgy and Holy Communion from the Church’s earliest days through to the Reformation. So far, we have read about early Christian liturgy, that of the East, changes...
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Church history: early Reformed rites in Scotland
My past several posts have looked at the liturgy and Communion from the early days of the Church through to the Reformation. So far, we have read about early Christian liturgy, that of the East,...
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