Tag Archives: discipleship

Intimacy, Relationships and God

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Don Merritt

Last time we came to an important understanding in this study of the metaphor that is nakedness before God and that understanding is that we are always naked before Him, for none of us has or ever will have secrets … Continue reading →

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A Few Final Thoughts

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Don Merritt

NOTE: I am writing this piece on Thursday morning because pursuant to the commends of She Who Must Be Obeyed, by the time this posts I will be in a nearby state visiting her sister. Consequently, I will not have … Continue reading →

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The Next Step

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Don Merritt

We begin today with our look at those Greek words that are translated into English as “worship”: proskyneo to do reverence, or homage by kissing the hand; in NT to do reverence or homage by prostration; to pay divine homage, worship, adore, to bow one’s self in adoration* … Continue reading →

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Something to Build On

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Don Merritt

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42 I mentioned this verse last week as a point of beginning for our investigation of corporate worship from a New Testament perspective; … Continue reading →

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I Think it’s Time

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Don Merritt

I have very much enjoyed our little Martian adventure, and I want to thank everyone who has participated in our discussion so far; you are all amazing! Yet I think we have just about arrived at the time when we … Continue reading →

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Martian Musings

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Don Merritt

It isn’t by mere coincidence that I moved our conversation from Spiritual Practices to a Martian Colony, no, that was by design. Come to think of it, this is a natural progression of thought from individual to corporate worship. Having … Continue reading →

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A Little Aside

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Don Merritt

Yesterday I ran paulfg’s comment in this space in which he offered the idea that we could possibly make lists of the things we don’t like as a starting point to figure out what worship should look like in our … Continue reading →

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Finding the Last Piece

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Don Merritt

Here is the last piece to the puzzle that is the Song of Songs: The Old Testament has “types” of a Bridegroom; the New Testament tells of the coming of the Bridegroom. If you get this, then you will get … Continue reading →

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It’s About to Get Real

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Don Merritt

I must say that this little experiment has gone better than I hoped: Thank you all for reading, considering and participating!! So far, I’ve tried to avoid chiming in with my views on all of this, to just let the … Continue reading →

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Putting the Pieces Together

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Don Merritt

In the last post, I asked the question about how the story of Songs of Songs ends if “She” represents God’s people and “He” represents God, and I promised to give my thoughts on the question now… so here goes. … Continue reading →

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