Christian Year


Worshiping with the Christian Year: A Primer

This material helps people who know something of the Christian Year, yet have questions about it, and wonder what the benefits might be of considering it more seriously.

October 3, 2013
Worshiping with the Christian Year: A Primer

This material helps people who know something of the Christian Year, yet have questions about it, and wonder what the benefits might be of considering it more seriously.

October 3, 2013


Coop's Column - Longing to Delight and Honor God

In these meditations on the work of the Holy Spirit in believers’ lives, we are considering seven features about Christians which the English Puritan Christians said are Spirit-prompted and Spirit-endowed and which ought to mark the lives of those who aim to follow Jesus faithfully. Christians who do display these qualities are LUI, Living Under the Influence of the Spirit. This week we consider the fourth of these marks: “Deep Longing to Delight and Honor God.”

June 17, 2013
Coop's Column - Vivid Awareness of the Greatness and Goodness of God

This week and in the weeks following we’ll focus on seven Christian character qualities, each of which the 17th-18th century English Puritan Christians claimed is Spirit-endowed and ought to mark faithful followers of Jesus. Serious Christians, said these Puritans, measure their spiritual progress by them. The first of these marks: “Vivid Awareness of the Greatness and Goodness of God.”

May 29, 2013