In the common practice of Christian churches, across many traditions, a call to worship is typically a few lines of Scripture (or a combination of Scripture texts) expressed at the beginning of a church service. The call to worship exhorts God’s people to turn from worldly distractions and to focus ... (more)

Leviticus received its English title from the Greek Levitikon, which means pertaining to the Levites. Probably, Jewish scribes [who called Leviticus the Priest’s Manual] influenced the title in the Tannaitic Period (200 B.C. - 200 A.D.). While the title is appropriate for certain sections it fails t... (more)

Benedictions, invocations to depart with God’s blessings, are a feature of the church - every liturgical structure ends with them. They were a feature of the synagogue in Christ’s time – indeed Christ himself uses them when he dismisses his disciples on a new task. The word benediction derives fr... (more)