Worship Quotables

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• Balance Needed
  Richard Mouw wryly observes that “Christians play favorites with the members of the Trinity.” [in The God Who Commands, 150] This is especially clear in worship. In some churches, references to the Holy Spirit outdistance references to Jesus or to God the Father by ten to one. In others, Jesus is nearly the exclusive focus. […]
• The Essence of Worship
  Christ is the essence of worship, and our understanding of the Church’s worship must take its starting point from Him. In Him is embodied the downward movement of God’s love and grace, as He reveals Himself to man, and reconciles man to Himself; and also the upward movement of man’s response, perfectly dependent upon that […]
• The Presence of Christ in the Midst
  Christ, as God incarnate, Immanuel, God with us, brings the presence of God into the world, and so must be the focus of our worship. It is in the presence of Christ in the midst of those who are gathered together in His Name that Christian worship takes place. —William Nicholls, Jacob’s Ladder: The Meaning […]
• One Word
  God’s first words after the Fall were, “Where are you?” It is only one word in Hebrew, ayyekah. In that one word is compressed a whole theology: —Chad Bird