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Revelation and Response In Torah-based Festivals – Part 2

Posted on December 14, 2014 by John Valade

[I finished the last post with two important questions my Theology of Christian Worship paper was intending to answer.The first is “what overarching revelatory themes should a liturgy convey?”  And the second is “what constitutes properly reverent obedience?”  The final … Continue reading →

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Revelation and Response In Torah-based Festivals – Part 1

Posted on December 6, 2014 by John Valade

Last time I ranted about what I perceive to be a trend toward mysticism in Evangelicalism that was promulgated in the classrooms of seminaries I attended. One might well wonder what views of my own I was formulating about worship … Continue reading →

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“They Shall be My People, and I Will Be Their God”

Posted on October 10, 2014 by John Valade

The story of the relationship between God and humanity begins with God forming the first human being from the soil and “breathing into his nostrils the breath of life” (Gen. 2:7 NRSV throughout). He directly operates on the man, removing … Continue reading →

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The Feast of Trumpets and the Coronation of Jesus

Posted on September 16, 2013 by John Valade

This post is based on a message given at Wascana Fellowship on September 5, 2013. This service took place on the day the NIV version of the Bible translates as “a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.” (Scripture references in this post … Continue reading →

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