September 9, 2024

Article, blog, Liturgy, Theology

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Why This Baptist Church Uses Incense

The Bible encourages us to employ every sense we have in the worship and adoration of the God who breathed into our nostrils life and the sweetness of grace.

Why This Baptist Church Uses Incense

August 26, 2024

Article, blog

Cody Glen Barnhart

‘The Way the Words Run’: Grammar and Christian ...

CODY GLEN BARNHART: To know God, we must learn—and to learn, we must have a grasp of language, including speech, syllables, and grammar.

‘The Way the Words Run’: Grammar and Christian Theology

August 21, 2024

Article, blog

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5 Ways to Understand Aquinas on Analogy

JOHN R. GILHOOLY: The chief organizing idea of Thomas's question 13 is an epistemological doctrine that Aquinas has from Boethius (and Aristotle): everything is known according to the power of the knower.

5 Ways to Understand Aquinas on Analogy

July 11, 2024

Article, blog

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Thomas Grantham's Robust Memorialism

Baptists would do well to listen to Grantham’s wisdom on the Lord’s Supper.

Thomas Grantham's Robust Memorialism

July 1, 2024

Article, blog, Theology

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'A Pretty Even Pace': Isaac Backus and the ...

Backus’ approach to civil and religious matters during the American Revolution provides insights into how complex and difficult these days were for the Baptist movement.

'A Pretty Even Pace': Isaac Backus and the Baptist Two-Front War During the American Revolution

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September 9, 2024

Article, blog, Liturgy, Theology

Why This Baptist Church Uses Incense

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September 9, 2024

Article, blog, Liturgy, Theology

Why This Baptist Church Uses Incense

The Bible encourages us to employ every sense we have in the worship and adoration of the God who breathed into our nostrils life and the sweetness of grace.

CBR Staff

October 19, 2023

Article, Biblical Interpretation, Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Theology, Trinity

The Trinity in the Canon

CBR Staff

October 19, 2023

Article, Biblical Interpretation, Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Theology, Trinity

The Trinity in the Canon

CBR STAFF: The Trinity in the Canon demonstrates that trinitarian theology derives directly from Scripture and should produce both right doctrine and right living.

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February 17, 2021

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

Liturgy and Spiritual Warfare

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February 17, 2021

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

Liturgy and Spiritual Warfare

MATTHEW WIREMAN: We should pay attention to the spiritual realities that are taking place when we worship God.

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July 21, 2020

Baptist Catholicity, Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

The Lord's Supper and Anglican-Baptist Unity

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July 21, 2020

Baptist Catholicity, Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

The Lord's Supper and Anglican-Baptist Unity

LUKAS STOCK: The Lord’s Supper offers a chance for principled ecumenism.

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March 24, 2020

Congregational Worship, Creeds, Church History, Liturgy

From Sola Scriptura to Liturgy

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March 24, 2020

Congregational Worship, Creeds, Church History, Liturgy

From Sola Scriptura to Liturgy

ANDREW MESSMER: These “non-biblical” elements are three ways of reinforcing our understanding of the Gospel, and thus justifies their use, both at a personal as well as at a church level.

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November 29, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Christian Calendar

Why Baptists Can Follow the Lectionary

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November 29, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Christian Calendar

Why Baptists Can Follow the Lectionary

MATTHEW WIREMAN: Because the Lectionary has us read from four passages of Scripture each Sunday, we see the value of poetry, history, prose, prophecy, and epistle.

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October 30, 2018

Liturgy, Philosophy

Reason within the Bounds of Liturgy

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October 30, 2018

Liturgy, Philosophy

Reason within the Bounds of Liturgy

MICHAEL MCEWEN: There are salient connections between Kant’s ideas and the spirit of our culture.

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October 25, 2018

Church Fathers, Church History, Congregational Worship, Liturgy

Recapturing a Love for Public Scripture Reading

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October 25, 2018

Church Fathers, Church History, Congregational Worship, Liturgy

Recapturing a Love for Public Scripture Reading

STEPHEN O. PRESLEY: If only for a few moments, it will unite the entire church in a communal act of listening and engaging the word of God.

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October 9, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

What Does Your Liturgy Celebrate?

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October 9, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

What Does Your Liturgy Celebrate?

JOSHUA HEDGER: At our church, it is our desire that our liturgy would celebrate Jesus and his gospel from beginning to end.

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July 12, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy

Singing Psalms in Baptist Worship

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July 12, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy

Singing Psalms in Baptist Worship

JUSTIN WAINSCOTT: Most Christian traditions sing the psalms, and most Baptists did too up until the last century.

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June 4, 2018

Baptist Catholicity, Church History, Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Theology, Culture

What Can We Learn from the Ancient Church?

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June 4, 2018

Baptist Catholicity, Church History, Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Theology, Culture

What Can We Learn from the Ancient Church?

STEFANA LAING: What can the contemporary church learn from the ancient church of the Lord Jesus Christ?

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May 9, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy

The Importance of Confession of Sin in Corporate Worship

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May 9, 2018

Congregational Worship, Liturgy

The Importance of Confession of Sin in Corporate Worship

RAY VAN NESTE: A guided time of corporate confession has been a staple for Christian worship through the ages.

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April 30, 2018

Church History, Culture, Liturgy, Theology, Creeds

The Great Tradition and the New Normal

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April 30, 2018

Church History, Culture, Liturgy, Theology, Creeds

The Great Tradition and the New Normal

JONATHAN PARNELL: We need to read some very old books, sing some very old lyrics, and recite some very old creeds.

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March 26, 2018

Lord's Supper, Baptism, Liturgy, Congregational Worship

What Baptism and the Lord's Supper Teach Us about Redemption and Art

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March 26, 2018

Lord's Supper, Baptism, Liturgy, Congregational Worship

What Baptism and the Lord's Supper Teach Us about Redemption and Art

PATRICK J. SCHREINER: The images that Christ gave to his people most explicitly are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Brandon D. Smith

November 1, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper

Pondering the Core of the Church's Mission

Brandon D. Smith

November 1, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper

Pondering the Core of the Church's Mission

BRANDON D. SMITH: A new book on the church's mission gives Baptists much to think about.

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October 19, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy

Why We Should Include Lament Songs in Our Worship

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October 19, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy

Why We Should Include Lament Songs in Our Worship

SAMUEL PARKISON: As a pastor, one of my responsibilities is to teach members how to worship in seasons of extreme grief and suffering.

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August 7, 2017

Church History, Church Fathers, Liturgy, Theology

Discipleship In the Early Church

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August 7, 2017

Church History, Church Fathers, Liturgy, Theology

Discipleship In the Early Church

DAYTON HARTMAN: The early church demanded more than rugged individualism.

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July 18, 2017

Liturgy, Lord's Supper

3 Ways Liturgy Has Blessed Our Church

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July 18, 2017

Liturgy, Lord's Supper

3 Ways Liturgy Has Blessed Our Church

JOSHUA HEDGER: Implementing a biblical and historical liturgy for our church is theologically weighty and immensely practical.

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May 15, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper

How Scripture Fills All of Worship

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May 15, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper

How Scripture Fills All of Worship

JOE THORN: The environment of the pulpit is not only formed by the Word, but also filled with the Word.

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May 1, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

Why This Generation Needs Liturgy

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May 1, 2017

Congregational Worship, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, Theology

Why This Generation Needs Liturgy

ALLYSON M. TODD: The church's liturgy can give this generation what they truly need.