(Note: You can read the earlier installments in this series here and here.)
Thirdly, I believe authentic worship will also advance the Lord’s glory. In Revelation 5:8-14 you find another aspect of worship. Sometimes in our modern context, it alone is described as worship. Sometime, people will say, “Well, we’re going to worship (sing), and then we will hear the preaching.” That is theologically incorrect. Preaching, in my judgment based upon Scripture, is the high point of … [Read More]
Worship for the Twenty-First Century: The Way Forward, Part 3
Worship for the Twenty-First Century: The Way Forward, Part 2
(Note: You can read the first installment in this series here.)
Not only does authentic worship acknowledge God’s sovereignty, but authentic worship will also affirm a biblical Christology. In other words, authentic worship will not jus be Theo-centric. We are not Jewish rabbis. We are not merely Hebrew worshippers. We are Christians. And therefore, authentic Theo-centric worship must always be authentic Christo-centric worship as well. And, that is what you find when you study the book … [Read More]
Worship for the Twenty-First Century: The Way Forward, Part 1
When you come to the book of the Revelation, you find in chapters 4 and 5 a single vision of two parts. In chapter 4 the focus is upon the worship of God the Father, the Creator. In chapter 5 the focus is upon God the Son, the Redeemer. We are taught both by creation and redemption that God has the right to do with this world as He chooses, and that such a God … [Read More]
