Sublime

Worship isn’t just something we do; it is where God does something to us. Worship is the heart of discipleship because it is the gymnasium in which God retrains our hearts.

Mike Cosper, Rhythms of Grace: How the Church’s Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013);

Even though we no longer offer sacrifices, we still need to be reminded that He’s providing for us.

The justified pastor—the man justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone to God’s glory alone, who happens to be a pastor—when taken on his good day or bad day, ministry high or ministry low, will be received with gladness and welcome. Clothed in the righteousness of him in whom you trust, how can you be turned away? You will not

God is the hero of the story.

Live the Psalms in Worship and at the Table

God’s rules aren’t about diminishing their joy and freedom but about increasing it.

Psalm 8, David marvels at God’s creation and the fact that man is given dominion over it.

This psalm expresses two conflicting ideas, but both feelings can sit in the human heart simultaneously—it’s just helpful to know which feeling is true.