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Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: God, the second title in The Good Portion series.

The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works. 

                     

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Monday
Apr112011

Round the Sphere Again: Church History

DateMonday, April 11, 2011 at 8:51PM

The Fathers
Michael Haykin on why you might want to the church fathers, starting, perhaps with Augustine’s Confessions.

Isaac Watts
A few things we can learn from The Reformer You Know By Heart But Not By Name (Mike Cosper at The Gospel Coalition Blog).

  • Worship leading is pastoral.
  • Contextualization is about comprehension. 
  • Worship should be concerned with truth and beauty—but beauty is a servant of truth. 
  • Worship should be both wide and deep.

Read the whole post to see these points spelled out.

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I saw Haykin's new book about the Church fathers several times as I wandered through the books this past week. I had a hard time resisting, but I did. I would like it in the future, though.

April 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKim in ON

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