August 4, 2023
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Theology Shorts
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Why Care for Refugees?
"When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow,that theLordyour God may bless you in all the work of your hands.When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and...
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February 23, 2023
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Theology for LPC
How should the church think about the liturgical calendar?
As history reveals, the influence of tradition and culture establishes the necessity of discernment for Christians seeking to worship in spirit and truth. For churches in the Reformed Protestant tradition like Langhorne Presbyterian Church, the answer to that must always begin by asking first another question: Wha...
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February 21, 2023
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Theology Shorts
This is a summary of the history and practices of significant days on the traditional church calendar. It is intended as supplemental appendix to this article on the theology of the church calendar for Langhorne Presbyterian Church. Days that are underlined are the evangelical feast days.
Advent. By at least 480 AD there was an understanding in some Christian churches of ...
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June 16, 2022
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Theology Shorts
| Tags: worship, Sacraments
The Lord's Supper is one of the most important parts of God's worship. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper, sometimes called Communion or the Eucharist, is a sign and seal of God's covenant. In giving and receiving the bread and the cup, Jesus' death is demonstrated to the church and world. By eating and drinking in faith, recipients of the sacrament truly and spiritually p...
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June 16, 2022
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Theology Shorts
| Tags: Bible, Prayer, Spirituality
What are devotions good for?
The morning devotional is one of the most common practices encouraged among evangelical Christians. A good question to ask is, What is the biblical basis for a personal devotional? In all of our spiritual practices, the foremost consideration we must have is what God thinks of it. And it is the Bible that gives us God's perspective on our spir...
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June 16, 2022
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Theology Shorts
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LPC's Sunday morning worship service follows a general order with a number of different elements included. This order is a called a "liturgy" and the elements are the content. Below are the different elements of the worship service listed out with a brief explanation for what they are and why we include them. The order and rhythm of our service is most deeply informed by t...
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June 16, 2022
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Theology Shorts
| Tags: hymns, Psalms, singing, worship
LPC uses the Trinity Psalter Hymnal in our worship, which raises a question for some: Why have a hymnal at all in this digital age, especially when projector screens are in the sanctuary?
Every church has a music playlist. A congregation needs to pull its rotation of songs from somewhere. Sometimes it's the music team's favorite songs, sometimes it's the Top 40 Christian ...
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June 14, 2022
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Theology for LPC
| Tags: worship, Money
A Theology of Offerings, Tithes, and Alms for LPC
How should the church think about money, especially when it comes to acts of giving in worship and honoring God with our resources? These are two inter-related questions: How should the church collect money? and What is God's expectation for giving? What follows is a sketch of the biblical summary on these topics along wit...
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