Category Archives: Worship

Jesus, Thine All-Victorious Love

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Richard Heyduck

Jesus, Thine All-Victorious Love is by Charles Wesley. The tune is Azmon, the same tune used for Wesley’s O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing, a hymn we sing with some regularity, so at least that will be familiar. Here are the words: … Continue reading →

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All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Richard Heyduck

Have you considered the fourth stanza of the hymn, All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name? Let every kindred, every tribe On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all. When we read the … Continue reading →

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Lord, I Want to Be a Christian

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Richard Heyduck

Do you know the song, Lord, I Want to Be a Christian? Consider the four claims we make in this simple song: The obvious thing about these claims is that they are good things for people like us – church … Continue reading →

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Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Richard Heyduck

We’re going to start our singing Sunday with Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know. Consider that word “know.” The first sense of that is the theoretical: Here is an idea, a fact, that I know. I know that Jesus … Continue reading →

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Worship and Culture

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Richard Heyduck

Robert Jenson wrote: “If you can teach previously clueless inquirers to participate in some ‘service of worship’ in a week or two, the service is merely thereby unmasked as dubiously Christian. The baptized face a new culture of the church … Continue reading →

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I Want a Principle Within

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Richard Heyduck

The Charles Wesley hymn, I Want a Principle Within, isn’t sung as often as it used to be. It’s a powerful tool in our quest for holiness, however, so it’s well worth recovering. At first glance the “principle” we “want … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Communion

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Richard Heyduck

This Sunday we celebrate communion. How can we prepare for it? Some of you will say, “It’s obvious! The way to prepare for communion is, get some bread and juice.” Well, yes, we do use bread and grape juice. The … Continue reading →

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JLo’s worship advice

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

The other night I happened to be reading in the living room while someone was watching American Idol. As some of you may know, after a person sings, the three judges comment on the effort. After one person sang (I … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Fame

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Richard Heyduck

Have you read the Miley Cyrus quote in the recent Christianity Today: “My faith is very important to me. But I don’t necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday. Because now when I go to church, I … Continue reading →

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Wanting It

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Dan Dick has another good post at United Methodeviations. Talking about growing a church, he observes that mainline churches tend to go after the same group of people over and over again. We have trouble moving beyond the middle class … Continue reading →

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