Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Preferences in worship?

Duncan (69) makes it clear that he is not pushing for the “the great tradition” movement; instead, he is calling the church to the Bible. Our singing needs to be biblical.  However, every “Bible believing” church today will say that their church worship is biblical. What, then, is the difference between the corporate worship that Duncan talks about and the kind of worship we see today in our churches. The obvious difference will be in its saturation with Scripture.  Our worship then will not be driven primarily by merely aesthetic and warm feelings but first and foremost by a desire for the church to embrace and practice a Christ-centered worship. 

Also, on page 67, Duncan hints that there is no “one right way” to acknowledge the goodness and greatness of God. It is sad to see that most worship wars that split many churches today are driven by individual preference concerning style of music and traditional practices. I believe that if the congregation understands the history of those practices, there will be fewer division among churches. How then can we help a congregation who wants to worship yet gets discouraged because the worship service does not fit their understanding of what worship is?

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