Doctrine – Page 2 – A Table Prepared

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 Matthew Price Children, Congregational, Doctrine, Evangelism, Outreach, Preaching, The Church, Theology, Worship, Youth

Happy Meal Church

With all of our attempts to appeal to children, young people, and young adults, we've just missed the point and the problem entirely. In many cases, all we've ever given to our children and young adults is a Happy Meal and play time.

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 Matthew Price Church Fathers, Congregational, Doctrine, Evangelism, Liturgy, Outreach, Preaching, Theology, Worship

Doctrine IS Power!

Most preaching in evangelical churches today is anemic at best. Many preachers are content to deliver countless series on anything from "7 Steps to a Happy Family," to "5 Laws of a Balanced Budget." After all, people can't listen very long anymore; they have short attention spans. What possible good could come from a dry dissertation on doctrine?

April 22, 2014April 22, 2014 Matthew Price Advent, Christmas, Doctrine, Epiphany, Evangelism, Holidays, Holy Week, Liturgy, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Reformed, The Church, Theology, Transfiguration, Worship

The Problem with Christmas and Easter Christians

Christmas and Easter do indeed have a lasting and perpetual hold on even the most staunchly evangelical-Protestant hearts and minds. The problem is, there's more to the story of Christ and the gospel than Christmas and Easter.

April 19, 2014April 20, 2019 Matthew Price Doctrine, Holidays, Holy Week, Liturgy, Music, Outreach, Preaching, The Church, Theology

Jonah and Holy Saturday

Amid all the hustle and bustle and the rush toward Easter morning with candy at the ready and hams basted and bound for the oven; do we ever stop to think of the day when the very agent of creation, the Word of the Father whose power created all things and sustains all things was silent in the grave in the person of Jesus Christ?

April 18, 2014April 18, 2014 Matthew Price Advent, Doctrine, Evangelism, Holidays, Holy Week, Liturgy, Music, Outreach, The Church, Theology

Angels Make me Cry

There are two times when I can specifically remember bawling my eyes out during a church service and both of them have to do with... angels.

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Matthew Price Doctrine, Holidays, Liturgy, Music, Outreach, The Church, Theology, Worship

The “Mandate” of Maundy Thursday

Many of the traditions of Maundy Thursday are centuries old and carry a boat load of symbolism and tradition. But what happens when the meaning behind these symbols is lost?

March 19, 2014 Matthew Price Doctrine, Evangelism, Holidays, Liturgy, Outreach, Preaching, The Church, Theology, Transfiguration, Worship

“This is my Beloved Son, Listen to Him”

We live in a, "visual society." A society that values, above all, the sensational, the glorious, and the, "entertaining." So we indeed find it very hard to stomach the notion that God might manifest his glory in simple, common words- but he does just that.

January 15, 2014March 11, 2014 Matthew Price Doctrine, Evangelism, Liturgy, Music, Outreach, The Church, Theology, Worship

To Every Generation: The Mandate of Intergenerational Worship Part IV- The Prize, Unity

We’ve divided our churches between young and old, we’ve split congregations in “traditional” and “contemporary,” and in doing so, we have divided God’s people and broken God’s heart.

January 10, 2014March 11, 2014 Jeremy Meeks Doctrine, Liturgy, Music, Worship

Learning To Sing

Building on Matt's post on the vapid nature of most contemporary worship music I want to address a question many have brought up to me and one that I have heard time and again asked to others. It goes a little something like this - “Ok, I buy in principle your argument that today's worship … Continue reading Learning To Sing

January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 Matthew Price Advent, Christmas, Doctrine, Epiphany, Holidays, Liturgy, The Church, Theology, Worship

Why did God Become a Man? Part III- To Make us His Children

“Aren’t we all the children of God already?” Some might ask. The answer is partly “yes,” and partly, “no.” Man does not rest in a state of peace with God. Far from friends, let alone children of God, sin has made mankind enemies of God, rebels against his will, and children, not of his love, but of his wrath.