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Hallelujah Chorus – Quinhagak, Alaska

Byhenry December 27, 2010

Some friends of ours sent a link to this video. They have worked in the area and know many of the places.

Hallelujah Chorus -Quinhagak, Alaska

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What is Cutting Edge?
Byhenry January 16, 2011
The description of the ICON service at my home church, First United Methodist Church in Pensacola, FL, states that the service is: Cutting Edge Tradition Rich Art Embracing Christ Centered This worship service just celebrated its second anniversary, and I was happy today to see that the sanctuary was largely filled. It has been both…
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Fulfilling Needs or Catering to Wants
Byhenry November 20, 2008
The Internet Monk recommends a couple of books in a post titled Recommended: Wicker and Duin on The End of Evangelicalism, and I’m not going to gainsay his recommendation, considering I have read neither. But one comment he made caught my attention: Despite being an interesting read and passing along many good pieces of information…
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Dance Floor Worship
Byhenry October 5, 2014
I have been working on cleaning up some of my old web site articles and reposting them were appropriate. I found one I forgot I’d written, titled Dance Floor Worship. I said regarding a moment looking out over the Gulf of Mexico: I can call this a secular moment, and wonder when I will be…
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Sunday School: History and Feasts
Byhenry February 6, 2016
I’m going to be teaching my home Sunday School class for the next four weeks, and it happens that the topics are all from the Israelite feasts. Tomorrow I’ll be talking about Passover, the next week about the Feast of Weeks, then the Day of Atonement, and finally the Feast of Booths. I’m using the…
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Seasons of the Church Year
Byhenry February 22, 2012
I grew up in a Christian group that did not follow the Christian liturgical calendar. There were many arguments presented for this, including the pagan backgrounds of some holidays. I’m not going to discuss that issue except to say that I care very little about the background of the day. What I care about is…
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Scot McKnight: Is Low Church Evangelicalism Protestant?
Byhenry September 18, 2009
I find this an interesting question. But before I comment, let me summarize and quote Scot McKnight’s article. He first notes that from the early liturgies to the Westminster Confession there is a certain common pattern in worship, one which is dropped by what he calls “low church evangelicalism.” Amongst the elements he includes the…
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