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Come on Down to the Temple! – New Hymn and Some Commentary

by John Frederick May 14, 2010

This week we’ll be singing ‘Praise to the Lord the Almighty’ an older hymn yet one which is new to us as a church. In the choosing of hymns and praise songs, in respect to both the musical and lyrical content, we as a worship music team and your pastors seek to be diligent in [...]

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Our Bodily Resurrection – In Jesus’ Own Words

by John Frederick May 7, 2010

Just a quick but important note. This week Matt will be preaching from 1 Cor 15 on the bodily resurrection from the dead. This is an amazing and profound truth that is a central doctrinal theme of the apostolic faith. It is what separates Christians from a variety of other belief systems which try to [...]

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Consubstantialem Patri…Say What?

by John Frederick March 16, 2010

A heads up for this week. I recently came across an excellent tune by Charlie Hall called “Jesus Mystery” while co-leading the musical response with Scott Womer up at Terra Nova, an A29 church in Troy, NY. Great, melody, some great lyrical content, but some of the verses left me wanting a bit more theological [...]

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Update on Worship 3.0

by John Frederick February 15, 2010

Quick update folks. We have had many people respond to the call for the use of musical gifts for congregational worship. It has been really refreshing to me to prepare, rehearse, worship, and just enjoy the new sounds. We’ve had Brent, Stephanie, Laurel, Al, and others getting involved with Chris, Nick and myself. Really grateful [...]

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Worship with the Mind and the Sanctification of Time: Free Theological Resources

by John Frederick February 14, 2010

This is just a quick shout out to anyone who is interested in finding free audio/visual resources to help in your study of the Word and the Historic Orthodox Christian Faith. I’m in my car for over 4 hours a week driving to school and work and I’m always looking for free mp3s and sermons [...]

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Reflection Wrap up and Prayer for Students

by John Frederick January 27, 2010

Welp…I just realized when trying to construct a third reflectionary post on my experience at GCTS, that…I had pretty much set out what I’d wanted to do in two (albeit long!) posts. I thought, instead of just rambling on for the sake of writing, I’d follow Matt’s lead and offer a prayer post, this time [...]

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“The ‘Shabar’-ing of the Church vs. Academy Dichotomy”

by John Frederick January 13, 2010

Reflection II of my GCTS experience.

In Biblical Hebrew the word Shabar means to ‘to break into pieces.’ There is, for me, no better word to describe what I’ve experienced at Gordon Conwell over the past near three years of my time as a seminarian at the South Hamilton campus. What am I talking about?
In [...]

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The Centrality of the Word

by John Frederick December 30, 2009

This is the first of my five-post reflection series on my time at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. I hope to share with you how with the manifold prayer and support of Seven Mile the seminary has been a blessing to me in order that you might be blessed [...]

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Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary—Reflections from the Trenches

by John Frederick December 25, 2009

Introduction

This is the introduction to a five-post reflectionary series that I will write concerning my time at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. I’m heading into my last semester of a 3-year trek toward an MDIV (Master of Divinity—a 3-year ministry degree that focuses on theology, biblical languages, and ministry). Seven Mile Road has been hugely [...]

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Calling All Musicians! – Introducing Worship 3.0

by John Frederick December 20, 2009

Worship 3.0
As we launch into the new year it is, perhaps, a perfect time to introduce our intention for broadening various elements of the musical expressions of worship here at Seven Mile Road. In the same way that Justin has taken catechesis from 1.0 to 2.0 so too we are intending to take worship to [...]

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