Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Where has all the worship gone?


Why is it that so many of our "worship services" in the evangelical church today have merely become glorified bible classes? Where is the worship? In many churches the pinnacle is not the preaching of the Word, but the dissecting of the words in the Word. The scholar has replaced the pastor. The "worship service" has paralleled the classroom. As a student of the Bible, I do understand the need for sound biblical teaching, I do understand the need to teach the Word. However, in many cases corporate worship has become corporately watching someone exegete the Bible. The congregation is not participating in the worship of God, and the teacher is often more focused more on their audience than on God. How can we come back to the heart of worship? How can we corporately worship our Savior? How can we bring worship back?

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