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The Names of God In Worship

Contributor / Topic: Biblical Foundations of Worship
Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

The following five entries deal with the most important biblical names or titles for God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Some of the concepts referring to God the Father in the Old Testament are applied also to God the Son in the New Testament.…

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Chapters & Articles in The Names of God In Worship (6)

Entry 1
Biblical Concept of “Name”

The concept of the "name" is an important one in biblical worship. In fact, a synonym for "worship" in the Scriptur…

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Entry 2
Names of God the Father, Part 1

Biblical worshipers reverenced the name of the Lord, but the terminology they used varied depending on the worshipe…

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Entry 3
Names of God the Father, Part 2

In addition to the proper name Yahveh and the titles "God," "Deity," and "Lord," the Bible contains many other impo…

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Entry 4
Names of God the Son

Paul encouraged his readers to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus" (Col. 3:17). The Christian performs all aspec…

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Entry 5
Names of God the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit operates in association with the human spirit, motivating the worship of the Father and the Son. Je…

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Entry 6
The Trinity

As a doctrine and a liturgical formula, the Trinity is not developed in the Bible, nor are the distinctions between…

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