Category: Word Origins

  • Developing Worship

    Developing Worship

    It’s become the default setting for the modern Christian life. You walk into church, the lights dim, the band kicks in, and for twenty minutes, you are engaged in “worship.” And for too many of us, that is exactly where the definition ends: a moment, a mood, a carefully curated playlist designed to give us…

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  • The Rapture: It’s Not What We Think

    The Rapture: It’s Not What We Think

    Look, every so often, we hear it. Someone, somewhere, claims to have figured out the date. They’ve read the signs, they’ve crunched the numbers, and today is the day. We’re all supposed to be raptured. The world as we know it is about to disappear, and we’ll be caught up in the clouds to meet…

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  • Gospel pt2: Kingdom Inauguration

    Gospel pt2: Kingdom Inauguration

    In a prior article, I walked through the modern use of the word Gospel as it is found throughout our culture. We talked about music, idioms, and even Paul’s assertion of its truth through firsthand witnesses. But I had stopped short of what the gospel of the Bible actually is. Yes, we talked about the…

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  • The Habit of Advent

    The Habit of Advent

    As it comes to the close of the year, you start to see the countdown to Christmas. There are so many traditions that come to life at this time, including something that many of you do but may not know what it actually is, Advent. To some, this may take the form of a countdown…

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  • Gospel

    Gospel

    For this month, I want to dive down the path of what Gospel means and the various expressions it has seen over the years. Whether it is Gospel music, the Gospels of the New Testament, or even if you just want to take something as gospel. This word, like many of the words I will…

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  • AMEN

    AMEN

    Well… I was going to start with a different word to kick things off this year, but had to switch topics after reading an article today about the Opening Prayer of the 117th Congress. There are many things to pick apart in that prayer, but what I want to focus on is the conclusion of…

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