by Doug Van Meter | 5 Dec 2004 | Revelation
Douglas Wilson, well-known author and pastor of the Community Evangelical Church in Moscow, Idaho, has written much helpful material dealing with eschatology (the doctrine of the last things). He was once asked about the importance of eschatology, and his answer was...
by Doug Van Meter | 28 Nov 2004 | Revelation
On 6 March 1994, I was officially inducted as the pastor-teacher of Brackenhurst Baptist Church. I had been filling the pulpit since July 1993, but it was some time before I was actually welcomed to the pastorate. On 13 March 1994, the week after I had been officially...
by Doug Van Meter | 28 Nov 2004 | Acts, Biblical Worship in Plain Language
As we have seen in preceding studies, there is much talk in today’s church of “the worship experience.” There is nothing necessarily wrong with experience; indeed, believers ought to experience God as they worship. But we rarely hear as much of the...
by Doug Van Meter | 7 Nov 2004 | Biblical Worship in Plain Language, Ephesians
Thus far in our consideration of biblical worship, we have managed to nail down a workable definition of worship: worship is the reverent, rational response to the revelation of God. We have seen, too, something of God’s design of worship, as well as some of the...
by Doug Van Meter | 31 Oct 2004 | 2 Chronicles, Biblical Worship in Plain Language
The reformation of the Church is one of my great passions, and there are several areas in which I believe reformation to be absolutely essential. It is, for instance, necessary that the Church of today reform in her understanding of the doctrine of salvation...
by Doug Van Meter | 17 Oct 2004 | 1 Chronicles, Biblical Worship in Plain Language
“Christians believe,” wrote John Stott, “that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.” This is the kind of life to which believers are called. And yet we often fall short of this privilege. Another man in the...
