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Worshiping God in Likeness of the Trinity |
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Note: page numbers correspond to the PDF pagination
Ch 1 Confronting the Common…………………1
The Incompatible Common 1 Exposing Reductionism 4 Raising the Lowest Common Denominator 6 Contextualizing Worship ‘in their way’ 9God’s Relational Terms 9 Disembodied Lips 11 Counter-Relational Performance 15 Worship in Likeness of the Trinity 20 Whole Lips 24 A Relational Word for Our Voices 26
Ch 2 Worshiping “in my name”…………………29Relational Language and Referential Language 31Virtual Worship 35 A Word about Intimate Relationship with God in Worship 37 Names and Titles in Referential Language 39 Epistemology, Relationship, and Hermeneutics 44 Understanding God’s Name 46 “I am who I am” 46 The Glory of God’s Name 49 “Do Not Misuse My Name” 51 Understanding “in my name” 53 Worshiping God “in my name” 56
Ch 3 Worship Whole-ly…………………........…59
Antecedents for Worship 60 Jesus, the Uncommon Key to God’s Self-Disclosures 62 1. The Person Presented: the Uncommonness of God 63 2. The Quality and Integrity of Communication: God’s Uncommon Relational Language and the Embodied Word 65 3. The Depth of our Relational Involvement: Uncommon Family Love 68 Peter’s Common Path of Good Intentions 70 Hybrid Theology and Divided Hearts 75 Worshiping with Washed or Unwashed Feet 81 Washed Feet and a New Identity 85 Celebrating the Reality of the New Song 86
Ch 4 The New Creation Family in the Trinity’s Likeness…….89
Our Unavoidable Relational Responsibilities 90 The New Relational Order of Worship: A Paradigm Shift 93 Wineskins of Worship Old and New 95 Uncommon Worship Leaders for the New Creation Family 100 The Former Prostitute: the Relational Paradox 100 Beyond Common Forgiveness 103 Mary: the New Relational Order Emerges 104 Mary’s First Steps 105 Mary Participating in God’s Life 109 Listening to Jesus and Mary 112 Whole-ly Communion: the New Creation Family’s Table Fellowship ‘Behind the Curtain’ 113 A Critiquing Antecedent 114 Face to Face Communion 116
Addenda: Worship Resources for the New Creation Family….125 “Whole-ly Communion” 125 “The Global Church Celebrating” 126 Suggested Communion 127 Further Songs with Relational Clarity for Our Relational Significance 128
Scripture Index (Primary Source)……………… 129
Bibliography (Secondary Source)……………….132
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