ABOUT AARON ARMSTRONG

Aaron Armstrong
Aaron is the author of Awaiting a Savior: The Gospel, the New Creation, and the End of Poverty (Cruciform Press, 2011). He is a writer, serves as an itinerant preacher throughout southern Ontario, Canada, and blogs daily at Blogging Theologically.

Better Worship Requires Better Theology: How to Increase Joy, Fidelity, and Intensity in Worship

We can’t ignore the way God appears to have wired the Christian faith—increased knowledge and understanding of God leads to increased worship.

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Three Implications of Understanding New Testament Worship

At its most basic level, you could define worship as the humbling of yourself before the One who is your better. This, naturally, has 3 serious implications.

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When Does Knowledge Equal Spiritual Growth?

We are right to take little stock in knowledge that fills the head but doesn’t transform the heart. But we should always rejoice as believers grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior.

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Creating Jesus-Centered Culture

We want our churches to be places where people at any age are being transformed by the Holy Spirit as the Word is taught; we don’t need to be told to do better, try harder, or be nice for niceness’ sake.

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Clarity Process

Three effective ways to start moving toward clarity right now.