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Janice and Richard Leonard

Janice and Richard Leonard is a featured instructor and contributor at Worship Training.

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Names Of God The Sondownload

Names Of God The Son

Paul encouraged his readers to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus" (Col. 3:17). The Christian performs all aspects of his or her ministry and witness in the name of Jesus, and it is in his name that the church assembles for prayer and worship (1 Cor. 5:4) a

Introduction To Symbolism In Biblical Worshipdownload

Introduction To Symbolism In Biblical Worship

All worship is symbolic, even those intuitive encounters with the holy that seem to bypass the rational process, directly impacting the worshiper's consciousness. Symbolism must enter in once the worshiper begins to think about such an experience or to share i

Names Of God The Father, Part IIdownload

Names Of God The Father, Part II

In addition to the proper name Yahveh and the titles "God," "Deity," and "Lord," the Bible contains many other important names by which Yahweh's people know him. Holy One (Qadosh); Holy One of Israel (Q'dosh Yisra'el) Yahweh is called "the Holy One" (Isa. 40:2

Names Of God The Father, Part Idownload

Names Of God The Father, Part I

Biblical worshipers reverenced the name of the Lord, but the terminology they used varied depending on the worshipers' needs, preference, or customary usage within the community. Included here are some of the major names or titles applied to God the Father in

Names Of God The Holy Spiritdownload

Names Of God The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit operates in association with the human spirit, motivating the worship of the Father and the Son. Jesus said of the Spirit, "He will bring glory to me" (John 16:14). Spirit (Ru'', Pneuma) The most common designations for the Spirit in Scripture—

Symbolic Acts And Gestures In Biblical Worshipdownload

Symbolic Acts And Gestures In Biblical Worship

Biblical men and women experienced the Lord as a dynamic God known through his interaction with them in the course of history. It is fitting, therefore, that much of the symbolism of biblical worship consists of physical actions that direct people beyond thems

Symbolic Objects In Biblical Worship, Part IIdownload

Symbolic Objects In Biblical Worship, Part II

Symbolic objects in biblical worship continues with blood, the bread and cup, and the cross. Blood In the Scripture, blood is a symbol of life (Gen. 9:4). While the spirit or breath is the life force, blood is the life substance. For this reason the Lord forba

Symbolic Structures In Biblical Worshipdownload

Symbolic Structures In Biblical Worship

In the Bible, the primary aspect of God's character is that he is "holy," not only in the sense of being good and righteous, but in the sense of being "sacred, sacrosanct," set apart from the ordinary. The Lord's people, because they belong to him, participate

Biblical Concept Of "Name"download

Biblical Concept Of "Name"

The concept of the "name" is an important one in biblical worship. In fact, a synonym for "worship" in the Scriptures is the expression "call upon the name of the Lord" (Gen. 26:25; Pss. 80:18; 99:6; 105:1; 116:13, 17). Often we hear the summons to praise, ble

Symbolic Objects In Biblical Worship, Part Idownload

Symbolic Objects In Biblical Worship, Part I

Together with symbolic actions and structures, biblical worship incorporates symbolic objects. Sometimes these are real objects, physically present in the place of worship. Sometimes they are verbal symbols of things not physically present. And sometimes they