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Worship and Devotion Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project Concordia Seminary Scholarship 4-1-2016 Worship and Devotion Eric Tritten Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin Part of the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Tritten, Eric, "Worship and Devotion" (2016). Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project. 37. https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin/37 This Major Applied Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Concordia Seminary Scholarship at Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WORSHIP AND DEVOTION A Major Applied Project Presented to the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Department of Doctor of Ministry Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry By Eric E. Tritten April, 2016 Approved by David R. Schmitt Advisor Kent J. Burreson Reader Wallace M. Becker Reader © 2016 by Eric E. Tritten. All rights reserved. ii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................ viii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 2 THE PROJECT INTRODUCED .......................................................................................... 2 THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED............................................................................................ 2 THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................... 8 THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED .......................... 9 PARAMETERS .................................................................................................................. 11 CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................... 15 THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ..................................................................................... 15 THE BIBLICAL FOUNDATION ...................................................................................... 15 The Old Testament .................................................................................................... 15 Diagram 1 ......................................................................................................... 18 Diagram 2 ......................................................................................................... 19 Psalms ........................................................................................................................ 20 Psalm 1 ............................................................................................................. 20 Psalm 77 ........................................................................................................... 24 Psalm 119 ......................................................................................................... 28 Table 1 .............................................................................................................. 29 Psalm 119:15 .................................................................................................... 32 Psalm 119:23 .................................................................................................... 32 iii Psalm 119:27 .................................................................................................... 33 Psalm 119:48 .................................................................................................... 34 Psalm 119:78 .................................................................................................... 35 Psalm 119:148 .................................................................................................. 36 Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 37 THE NEW TESTAMENT .................................................................................................. 38 Romans 10:5–13 ............................................................................................... 39 Colossians 3 ...................................................................................................... 44 2 Timothy 3:10–17 ........................................................................................... 47 Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 50 THE THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT .................................................................................... 50 God Communicates with His People ......................................................................... 50 The Means of Grace ......................................................................................... 52 Worship ............................................................................................................ 57 God’s People Communicate with Him ...................................................................... 60 Prayer ................................................................................................................ 60 CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 65 RECENT RESEARCH ....................................................................................................... 65 THE PROJECT IN THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ............................................................... 65 HISTORICAL CONTEXT ................................................................................................. 65 THE LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................... 73 CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................................................................ 91 PROJECT DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 91 iv THE PROJECT DEVELOPED .......................................................................................... 91 THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................... 91 RESEARCH TOOLS AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................ 93 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................ 95 Recruitment ...................................................................................................... 96 Instruction for Participants ............................................................................... 98 Initial Interviews ............................................................................................. 105 Devotional Materials ...................................................................................... 107 June and July .................................................................................................. 112 August and September .................................................................................... 117 October and November ................................................................................... 119 Focus Group ................................................................................................... 120 Journals ........................................................................................................... 122 Closing Interviews .......................................................................................... 123 CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................................... 125 EVALUATION ................................................................................................................ 125 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 125 FINDINGS ........................................................................................................................ 125 RESULTS OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................ 126 Prayer .............................................................................................................. 126 Edification through Devotion ......................................................................... 127 Daily Life and Worship .................................................................................. 127 Experience of God .......................................................................................... 128 v ANALYZING THE DATA .............................................................................................. 128 Difficulties ...................................................................................................... 129 Prayer .............................................................................................................. 130 Edification through Devotion
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