July 2004
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by Mark Roberts
One of the most famous and often reprinted series in the history of Reader’s Digest was the “I Am Joe’s ——-” series. Those articles took a first person look at various parts of the physical body, i.e. “I am Joe’s heart” in which the heart described its functioning and how it related to the rest of the body. Of course, RD never undertook to describe the spiritual nature and side of Joe so several years ago Dee Bowman took a cue from RD and wrote several articles about Joe from a biblical perspective (renamed “Fred” in Dee’s wonderful articles). I liked both series and would like to further expand upon them so, from time to time, we’ll talk a little about “Bill” and his conscience, his heart, his hands and more. This month we are introduced to his soul.
10 Dominant Moods in American Religion
By Warren Berkley
This article is an effort to identify ten dominant moods in American religion today. I have no purpose to exhaust every possible trend and things change so quickly today this list will soon be outdated. Nevertheless, consider what is happening in America today:
Back to Basics: Worship
by Pat Farish
To “worship” is, to “kiss toward” (from proskuneo). Other words are translated “worship” and other, more technical, definitions can be advanced, but this one gets the issue before us adequately. Our purpose in this article is not to lead in an academic study of worship, but to examine what individuals are supposed to be doing when, collectively, we “worship” God.