Category Archives: Contemporary Worship

Not Your Father’s Bible Church

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I can say this about Hill Country Bible Church, Pflugerville, Texas because about 40 years ago I attended a Bible Church while in college.

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Who’s Kidding Who?

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

This is from Hill Country Bible Church, Pflugerville, Texas webpage titled “What We Believe.” Strict agreement with these doctrines is not required for membership at HCBC; however, we affirm these beliefs as taught in Scripture and have established them as the … Continue reading →

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Dale Meyer Does George Bush

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Who can forget the iconic landing of President George W. Bush on an aircraft carrier ablaze with a banner proclaiming MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? Who does not now know how utterly naïve or perhaps impolitic it was? The banner referred to the … Continue reading →

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Marriage and the Altar

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Nope this is not about the marriage altar, but marriage and the Communion altar. If Paul can speak of marriage and really be speaking of Christ and His Church, I can speak of marriage and really be speaking about Communion.

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Visit to A Wisconsin Synod Church

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Visit to A Wisconsin Synod Church Only it wasn’t; as my April 2015 visit to a Pentecostal church was really a visit to a contemporary one, so was this. They only mentioned WELS once, and I do mean that literally. … Continue reading →

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No Deeper Than a Radio Gimmick; No Newer than Ben Franklin

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

It took me some internet searching to find the origins of “Name it; Claim it.” You have to wade through pages of Joel Osteen and others Pentecostals. As it turns out, it’s really no deeper than a radio gimmick.

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Your Sunday Best

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

One of my sons took his mother to a “Celtic Women” concert for Mothers’ Day. (In case you’re wondering, for Fathers’ Day, I got the stubs.) He called the concert venue and asked what the appropriate attire was and they … Continue reading →

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Visit to a Pentecostal Church (and all Contemporary Ones?)

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

A mentor in the ministry told me that on vacation he attended the services of other denominations just to be sure that what he said they taught they still did. Well this Pentecostal church didn’t teach classical Pentecostalism but what … Continue reading →

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The Dark Half

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Those who know say you should always use some sort of visual for a blog. They get more hits.  I don’t because I don’t know how, and don’t care enough to learn. That is the Luddite me at his worse. … Continue reading →

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The Body for the Body

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I haven’t been satisfied with how liturgical worship has been defended, and I think its detractors, rather successfully, have been using Colossians 2: 16 to paint it with the same brush Paul used to paint Old Testament ceremonies.

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