In an age and a culture that expects polish and encourages perfectionism, the tendency to import these values into worship is at best seen as a ‘bait and switch’ tactic of appealing to the non-Christian’s expectations in order to introduce them to Jesus. There is a legitimate aim in that desire. But unrelenting exposure to …
If you’re preparing to gather for corporate worship tomorrow there’s encouragement in Erik Raymond’s answer to his rhetorical question about why Jesus turned so much water into wine at the wedding at Cana. Jesus made so much wine to show the long-promised age has arrived and the blessings that accompany his kingdom are overflowing. Gathering …
When the Gospel was rediscovered at the Reformation a focus on worship accompanied it. Paying heed to the practice of worship from the past is an insight into the impact of the Gospel on the gathered people of God. This is based on an understanding of worship as a whole as a means of grace, …
Worship only makes full sense when it is experienced as an encounter with God. In that sense it is an aspect of another reality functioning in this one. A gathering that functions without relying on a relationship with God to make it operate is less than worship. This Sunday, God invites you, together with your …
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