10.31.06
Posted in Church Events, Theology at 9:39 pm by Pastor Bill
Yes, worship…but what it is really? We speak all the time of worshiping God, but do we know what we’re talking about. Well, worship is the topic of our next preaching series for Sunday mornings. We plan to begin this series on Sunday, November 12th. We are currently preaching through Paul’s letter to the Romans, making it partway through chapter 8 until we stop for this new series.
How much of our worship is Biblically mandated or illustrated, and how much of it is personal preference. Is preaching worship, or only the music? Can we be led into worship or do we bring it with us? Do we need to have a certain ‘feeling’ before we can worship? Can we come to worship God ‘just the way we are’, or is there preparation required to worship? We need to know the difference if we hope to be God honoring and Christ pleasing in our worship. Our series will examine ‘True Biblical Worship of the One True God’, Biblical patterns of worship in the Old Testament and New Testament, and will be used to guide us into true worship that our God will be pleased with.
As usual, we will be recording our sermons and will have them available on CD’s or MP3’s for your convenience…just contact the church to ask for a set. If you are in cincinnati, you can join us each Sunday morning at 11:00 am for our worship services, we are the Hyde Park Baptist Church, 3460 michigan avenue, cincinnati, oh, 45208. We will save you a seat!
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10.05.06
Posted in Church Events, All, Book Reviews at 3:08 pm by Pastor Bill
Our church family is getting ready to begin a process of intensive self-examination by going through a Bible study entitled ‘Changed into His Image”. My wife and I took this course a few years ago at our last church and it was the single best series we have ever participated in, as far as making real change in our daily living for Jesus. Here at Hyde Park Baptist Church, we just finished up our Autumn Spiritual Retreat with the theme of “Jesus and His true disciples” based on Luke 9:23. Jesus said “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me”.
This new series, ‘Changed into his image’ is written by Jim Berg and will be a great follow up to our retreat theme. If you live in the Cincinnati area I encourage you to join us for this journey. We will be starting on Wednesday, October 18th. Please contact the church if you would like to order materials for the course, which include the textbook and a workbook.
The face and impact of Christianity in America would be radically changed for the better if each one of us devoted ourselves to being changed into the image of our savior, Jesus Christ. I encourage you to follow Him closely, and to go where He is leading.
Our church address is…Hyde Park Baptist Church, 3460 Michigan avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208.
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