Songs
Join all the glorious names
Happy Day
Blessed be Your name
How Good It is
Lead me to the Cross
- Communion -
Worthy is The Lamb
Word
Scripture: Acts 10:1-8
Message: Generous Christianity
Speaker: Dan Rolfe
Worship Team
Mike Overton – Vocals
Margaret Land – Vocals, Keys
Bobby Land – Percussion
Hannah Land – Percussion
Elliott Overman – Vocals, Guitar
We are participating in Sunday Set-lists, check others out here.
Dan will be talking to us about Generous Christianity…
Generosity should be an attribute of every Christian. And I’m not just talking about money here. I’m talking about a generous way of life. Why should we be generous? It’s rather simple. God has been very generous to us. Think about it, the gospel is the most generous news you’ll ever hear! God graciously and generously crushed His Son for us so that we could be forgiven. And that is not all. He also graciously and generously gave us His Spirit to be our Helper in this life. Furthermore, He has graciously and generously secured our future where we will forever be in His Presence. Perhaps “generous” might be an understatement.This Sunday at SHF we will begin to explore Generous Christianity together. Join us!
This from 9Marks audio…
Are “Christian” and “rap” mutually exclusive? Hardly. Shai Linne and Voice explain hip hop culture, rap music’s potential for the gospel, and why rap can’t replace preaching.
Get the interview here.
Over at Amazon, you can freely download Devotions for Lent Kindle edition.
Though I don’t own a Kindle, I do own an iPod Touch, and you can freely download the Kindle app for the Touch or the iPhone here. (and in case you did not know, there are a ton of free books to download to the Kindle app)
This is from the Mosaic Bible, (which there is also an app for the iPod touch for the entire Mosaic Bible for $20 here)
And for those who are not very familiar with Lent (that would be myself as well) you can learn more about it over at crivoice.org.
Some other free Kindle books I downloaded…
ALCOA, Tenn. (AP) – The son of a well-known Alcoa pastor has taken out an order of protection against his father, claiming he was threatened with a gun during an argument at a church over his lack of church attendance. The order of protection was filed by 32-year-old Michael Louis Colquitt against 60-year-old Joe Colquitt, pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church.
The younger man told police his father pulled out a handgun when they met at the church to discuss church attendance. He told officers his father pointed the gun at him and threatened to kill him, his wife and family.
Joe Colquitt declined to comment when contacted by The Daily Times of Maryville.
A Feb. 4 hearing was set in Blount County General Sessions Court.
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Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com
I just found out today that I will getting the chance to hear Bob Kauflin teach about worship on Feb. 2oth. Below is an example of some of the things he thinks about worship… (You can find this and many more thoughts he has about worship at his blog Worship Matters.)
One of the drums I will never tire of beating is this: All biblical worship is rooted in and made possible by the cross of Christ. In my experience, the contemporary church (and any church, for that matter) is always in danger of neglecting the gospel in its songs. I said it this way in my book,Worship Matters:
The gospel is not merely one of many possible themes we can touch on as we come to worship God. It is the central and foundational theme. All our worship originates and is brought into focus at the cross of Jesus Christ.
Glorying in Jesus Christ means glorying in his cross. That doesn’t mean looking at some icon or two pieces of wood nailed together. Nor does it imply that every song we sing has the word cross in it. It has little to do with church gatherings that are more like a funeral than a celebration.
The cross stands for all that was accomplished through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God. It focuses on his substitutionary death at Calvary but includes everything that gave meaning to that act. His preexistent state in glory. His incarnation. His life of perfect obedience. His suffering. His resurrection. His ascension. His present intercession and reign in glory. His triumphant return.
I will always plead that worship pastors lead gospel-centered worship that is characterized by:
- an awareness that the cross/gospel should be referenced somewhere in the time of singing.
- viewing the gospel as our primary motivation for praising God.
- helping people understand that only Jesus enables us to approach God – not music, musicians, worship leaders, or particular worship songs.
- encouraging congregations to be most enthusiastic about the theme the Bible is the most enthusiastic about – the Lamb of God who was slain.
When the Gospel Loses Its Power
But over the years I’ve seen learned that this vital truth can be misapplied. We can practice gospel-centered corporate worship in a way that is more obligatory than faith-filled. What once magnified the glory of Christ becomes lifeless repetition. My friend, Jon Payne, shared some thoughts with me on this topic that I found helpful. He pointed out that a formulaic approach to gospel-centered worship can lead to some of the following problems:
- thinking every song should be exclusively about justification, boldness before the throne, or our sins being completely forgiven.
- thinking every song list should climax with a “gospel” song.
- an inability to reference or articulate uniquely other aspects of the gospel – adoption, reconciliation, union with Christ, etc.
- a scarcity of other themes in our songs such as the wisdom of God, the eternity of God, the power of God, the incarnation, the kingship of Christ, heaven.
- worshiping a doctrine rather than allowing that doctrine to lead us to a living Savior. We are not “crowning the gospel with many crowns.”
Leading gospel-centered worship in a faithless way can lead to some bad fruit:
- The gospel and the Savior lose glory in the eyes of bored worshipers.
- People develop a limited view of God and his attributes.
- People don’t learn how to apply the gospel to other areas of life/Biblical themes.
- The gospel becomes a crude, repetitive statement of facts rather than a lens through which we view all of life.
- We think an explicit reference to the gospel makes our worship acceptable, rather than trust in a crucified and risen Savior.
- Rather than expecting to encounter God because of the gospel people come expecting to repeat faithless facts.
It’s our responsibility as leaders to make sure, as the Puritans said, that we always “labor to be affected by the cross.” The gospel of Jesus Christ is the greatest news the world has ever heard and our singing should show it.
What have you done to make sure that singing about Christ’s redemptive work on the cross never becomes rote?
Today at Servant’s Heart Fellowship
Songs
We Exalt You
There’s No One Like Our God
Famous One
Glorious & Mighty
My BelovedWord
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28
Message: Created In His Image
Speaker: Dan RolfeClosing Song
You can subscribe to the Servant’s Heart Fellowship Podcast here.
We are participating in “Sunday Setlists”, you can read more about that here. And you can see the set lists for many other churches the 24th here.
Vocals: Mike Overton, Margaret Land
Keyboard: Margaret Land
Misc. Percussion: Bobby Land, Hannah Land
This from Cardiphonia…
It is often difficult to find liturgical resources that are simple, easy to access, general, and in your congregation’s bible translation. With a lot of church’s now using the ESV I spent some collecting ‘classical’ Calls to Worship from the Psalms. While this list is far from biblically exhaustive it may be helpful for you.
Calls to Worship (ESV)
Today at Servant’s Heart Fellowship
(all audio can be streamed or downloaded by clicking on each individual song as well as the sermon)
Call to Worship
Songs
O Worship The King
How Can I Keep From Singing
Agnus Dei
Come Ye Sinners (extended intro)
I Will Glory In My RedeemerSermon
Scripture: John 2:1-11
Message: Water & Wine
Speaker: Dan RolfeClosing Song
You can subscribe to the Servant’s Heart Fellowship Podcast here.
We are participating in “Sunday Setlists”, you can read more about that here.
Vocals: Jason Sessoms
Guitar: Jason Sessoms
Misc. Percussion: Bobby Land, Hannah Land
SHF sermons
