I can look, but not touch … and other utter rubbish

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

Rubbish [?r?-bish]: Noun. 1. useless waste or rejected matter; 2. something that is worthless or nonsensical

The "Little Red Lizard" of Lust

This series called “and other utter rubbish” will cover statements and ideas we hear in daily life. I’ll ponder what we do with those within the framework of our Christian principles. I decided to call this series “and other utter rubbish”. partly because I think it sounds cool and partly because the word “rubbish” points to the “rejected matter” and “nonsensical” nature of these statements. Today “I can look as long as I don’t touch or act on this”. Is this statement “Utter Rubbish” ?

 

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The community of the Saints: Here & Now or There & Then ?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

When we talk about the community of the Saints, we very often think of the fellowship we’ll have with our brothers and sisters after His return. Or we think of those that have gone before us.

But is that true ? Does that community only apply to the next age ? Or does it apply to the here and now ? Continue reading →

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Losing control of things ? Perhaps not such a bad thing.

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

We love to be in control. I love to be in control. We surround ourselves with items that make us feel like we are in control of our lives. Sure we like to call it “choice”, but isn’t it really all about control ? Continue reading →

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Worship Part IV: What does Scripture say about worship ?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

Part IV: Scripture and worship

Corporate Christian worship is the most important event that brings a Church family together. As I wrote before it is the second most important thing, besides doctrine, in choosing a Church. So I decided to post a little series on worship, especially since it has become a renewed focal point in our Church.

We already covered a quick definition, the importance of the multi-generational aspect of worship and a liturgical approach. In this final part, we’ll get into perhaps the most important and difficult one. What do the Scriptures teach us about worship ? Continue reading →

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Worship Part III: Does it benefit from a liturgical approach ?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

Part III: Liturgy in worship

Corporate Christian worship is the most important event that brings a Church family together. As I wrote before it is the second most important thing, besides doctrine, in choosing a Church. So I decided to post a little series on worship, especially since it has become a renewed focal point in our Church.

After I posted a quick definition and the importance of the multi-generational aspect of worship, today I’m diving into the second aspect: Liturgy. Does our corporate worship benefit from a liturgical approach ? Continue reading →

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Worship Part II: Multi-generational ?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

Part II: Multi-generational worship

Corporate Christian worship is the most important event that brings a Church family together. As I wrote before it is the second most important thing, besides doctrine, in choosing a Church. So I decided to post a little series on worship, especially since it has become a renewed focal point in our Church.

I posted a definition of worship yesterday and promised to tackle three main aspects of it. So today I’ll focus on the first one of those: Multi-generational worship. Continue reading →

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Worship Part I: What’s that mean ?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

Part I: Definition of worship

Corporate Christian worship is the most important act that brings a Church family together. As I wrote before, personally it is the second most important thing, second only to doctrine, in choosing a Church. No subject is more apt to generate discussion on what is right or wrong. A quick google for the words “Christian Worship” returns over 95 million hits ,while “Christian doctrine” returns roughly 5 million, or about 20 times less. On ChristianBook.com, the ratio is almost 2 to 1 in favor of worship vs doctrine. It is obviously a topic that generates the necessary attention, debate and apparently the necessary income stream for Christian authors.

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Are there good reasons to leave a Church ?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

As events throw a Church body into upheaval, people inevitably start leaving the congregation. No different with our Church body which, as I posted here, is going through some difficult transitions right now. Considering I had some recent conversations with several brothers that are either contemplating leaving or have already made the, undoubtedly difficult, decision to leave, I started to think about what the Scriptures may have to say about leaving a church fellowship.

 

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Our messy Church

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Mick Luyckx

A reaction to the events at our Church body and what I feel the Scriptures are teaching us how we should respond.

As events happen in a Church body, people will respond differently. That is normal since we are all different. However as people who call ourselves Christian, are there more appropriate ways to respond than others ? Does the Scripture teach us anything on how we should respond ? These are my musings I wrote down several weeks ago as quite significant events happened at our Church. After much prayer, I finally decided to post this. Perhaps it helps some people work through the grieving and coping process

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The 12 days of Christmas: Before or After ?

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Mick Luyckx

As I wrote about the history of the Octave and the O Anitphons over the last few days, I decided to continue with some more historical Christian musing and articles. Perhaps we’ll even use a liturgical calendar to go through the years and explore some of the older traditions within our faith.

Which, right after Christmas, brings us to the 12 days of Christmas.

Several people I have talked to have always thoughts the 12 days of Christmas lead up to Christmas, with more and more gifts showing up until the final day of Christmas. Not so history teaches us. The 12 days of Christmas traditionally are the 12 days following Christmas until the day of the Epiphany on January 6th. I’ll write an article about that tradition when we get there, but first let’s explore the 12 days of Christmas and the well known song that goes with it.

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